Reporter's query left unanswered as T20 WC captains remain silent on 'mankad' in presser

ICC Men's T20 World Cup is all set to kickstart on October 16, Sunday in Australia, where 16 teams will compete against one ar for ultimate T20 title. Meanwhile, captains of all 16 teams addressed a press conference on Saturday, where y talked about ir combinations and or stuffs related to marquee ICC event. pre-tournament press conference began with first set of captains from Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Namibia, Nerlands, Sri Lanka, and UAE. 

A reporter asked captains of Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Namibia, Nerlands, Sri Lanka, and UAE to raise ir hands if y would be 'comfortable' if one of ir bowlers running out n-striker during course of competition. ICC media manr n intervened and moved on to take or questions following minutes of awkward silence in which ne of captains raised ir hands. Here's video that is going viral. 

'Mankading' debate has gained traction across cricketing world ever since Indian women's team all-rounder Deepti Sharma ran out England's Charlotte Dean at n-striker's end for backing up too early. incident occurred during third and final ODI match between India and England at Lord's late last month. India needed just one wicket to win match and Sharma decided to do it by running out Dean at n-striker's end. She received a lot of flak for her tactic as many pundits believed it to be against spirit of game.  

However, Sharma did receive some backing from Indian cricket fraternity with Virender Sehwag and Ravichandran Ashwin voicing ir support for young all-rounder. Both of m argued that form of dismissal has been moved from 'unfair play' section to 'run out' section by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and refore what Sharma did was well within laws of game. Ashwin went on to demand that wickets ought to be credited to bowlers' accounts when y run out batters at n-striker's end for backing up too far.

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Meanwhile, India will kickstart ir T20 World Cup campaign with a game against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23. match is scheduled to be held at iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with more than 1,00,000 spectators expected to be present at venue. South Africa and Bangladesh are or two teams in India's group with two more sides expected to join m after qualifier round ends on October 21.

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