Memories Of Greatest Cricketers - - #8 Shane Warne

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But sriranga, Kapil did warn him multiple times and let him go. You can quite agitated and gesturing repeatedly that it was the third time that he decided to remove the bails. So I am reluctant to call it as against the spirit - as Wessels and co tried to portray it.

btw a quote about the original Mankad-ing. When the incident happened, Fred Truman was asked if he would have removed the bails in such a situation. His response was: "the question does not arise...when Fred Truman is bowling the non-striker is not eager to get to the other end"

The problem is there is no clear definition of spirit of the game. if you can define it, it becomes the law, i guess. Its left to the individual's choice.
for sangakara, gilchrist and lara, batsmen shud walk when they knick it, for others it will be knick it and wait for umpire ( respect the umpire's decision )

AFAIC, If the batsmen knicks and wait for umpire's decision, its not within spirit ( bad decisions that may go against the batsmen can't be an excuse). Similarly, what Kapil did was within the law, but it was not within the spirit.