Sachin Tendulkar backed Deepti Sharma for operating out England’s Charlie Dean on the non-striker’s finish, saying she was enjoying to what the legal guidelines of the sport are.
New Delhi ,UPDATED: Oct 19, 2022 11:26 IST
Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean in third ODI. (Reuters Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has are available defence of Deepti Sharma for operating out England’s Charlie Dean on the non-striker’s finish, saying the offspinner was enjoying within the legal guidelines of the sport.
Deepti’s run-out of Charlie within the third and last ODI helped India full a historic clear sweep 3-0 over England in September.
“She was playing to what the laws of the game are,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying by Sportstar.
“It is a rule now. If a player is short of the crease or doesn’t make the crease, then the batter is given out, right? Just like he misses a ball that’s heading toward stumps and in line of the stumps, he is given out lbw. So the ICC has introduced the rule that if you are out of the crease (before the ball is bowled), then you are run out.”
Tendulkar went on to outline the spirit of cricket, saying: “whatever you are playing within the rules of the game, that is spirit of cricket”.
The MCC moved the run-out on the non-striker’s finish from Law 41 ‘Unfair Play’ to Law 38 ‘Run Out’. The change got here into impact from October 1, 2022, clarifying and inserting the onus on batters to make sure that they do not go away the crease previous to launch of the ball.
Deepti’s motion was justified by the regulation that’s in place and was backed by her captain Harmanpreet Kaur to attraction for run-out.
The MCC in a press release later conceded Deepti’s motion led to an “unusual end to an exciting match”, but additionally highlighted that it was “properly officiated and should not be considered as anything more”.
However, England captain Heather Knight, who missed the ODI collection as she was recovering from a hip damage, took to Twitter to contradict Deepti’s declare that India gave a warning to Charlie.
“The game is over, Charlie was dismissed legitimately. India were deserved winners of the match and the series. But no warnings were given. They don’t need to be given, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any less legitimate,” Knight tweeted. “But if they’re comfortable with the decision to affect the run out, India shouldn’t feel the need to justify it by lying about warnings.”
