Former Indian pacer Venkatesh Prasad on Monday took a dig at Australian cricket great Mark Waugh for saying that teams are "deliberately" using `Mankading` as a strategy to get a wicket, sarcastically retorting that legally running out a batter who is backing up too far is the "worst thing". Commenting on a video on Twitter of Pakistan pacer Zaib-un-Nisa running out a Rwanda batter, who was backing up at the non-striker`s end during the Women`s U-19 World Cup, Waugh said, "The worst thing is it seems that teams are using it as a deliberate planned way to get a wicket."

To which Prasad replied "Yes right , Bowlers planning to get a player out by legal means is the worst thing. Batsman wanting to take unfair advantage by not staying back in the crease is the best thing." Run-outs when the batter tries to go past the crease before the bowler releases the ball are known as `Mankading`, harking back to the first such dismissal crafted by Vinoo Mankad when he ran out Bill Brown at the non-strikers end in this fashion twice in the 1947-48 Test series against Australia.