Ex-South Africa captain AB de Villiers took to X to respond to Pakistani journalist Farid Khan's tweet on mankading. Quoting a commentator and calling his point "valid", Farid wrote, "I don't have a problem with Mankad...but why don't teams do it in...5th or 6th over of...innings?" De Villiers responded, "[Because]...batters only try to steal runs towards...back end of an innings."