The conclusion match between England and India women’s cricket team where the legendary cricketer Jhulan Goswami bid farewell to international cricket, has been creating fuming controversies on the social media recently. The ‘run-out’ dismissal of England’s Charlie Dean by the pace queen of India, Deepti Sharma, has kick started the ‘spirit of cricket’ debate on the internet.
The legendary English cricketers, including Michael Vaughan and Heather Knight, have been brutally criticizing the ‘mankading’ move by India’s Deepti Sharma which has allegedly divided the cricket fraternity.
A few days after the legal ‘run-out’ dismissal of England’s Charlie Dean, the class batter has finally opened up about the controversy that has left the cricket fraternity divided. Dean recently took to her official Instagram account and posted a few stills from the concluding match between England and India at Lord’s. Dean’s Instagram post read “An interesting end to the summer. What an honour it is to play at Lords in England colours. I guess I’ll just stay in my crease from now on.”
Deepti Sharma’s experience on the field made the table turn for England during the concluding match at Lord’s . However, the aftermath of England’s Charlie Dean’s dismissal flooded the Internet with fuming controversies.
The ace English cricketers, including Stuart Broad and James Anderson questioned the ‘cricketing spirit’ of India , whereas the former legendary Indian cricket players, including Virendra Sehwag and Ravichandran Ashwin openly supported the ‘run-out’ by Deepti Sharma for being within the cricketing laws.
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After returning to India, Deepti Sharma, the driving force behind India’s historical 3-0 victory against England, shared her view on the run-out dismissal of Charlie Dean. She mentioned that the dismissal was not an instinctive move but a planned action by the entire team.
The Indian pace-queen confessed how they wanted Dean multiple times on the pitch at Lord’s for being out of the crease before delivery. Sharma mentioned that after warning Dean multiple times, the team took the decision to act according to the rules and guidelines.
Putting an end to the ongoing ‘cricket spirit’ and ‘mankading’ debates on the internet, The MCC released a statement that read “This was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus on batters to ensure that they do not leave the crease at the non-striker’s end, prior to a bowler releasing the ball.”
