'Strange carriage of justice' - Cricket fraternity bats for Deepti Sharma as the latter being accused of not playing in the right spirit

England and India women's teams played the last ODI of the three-match series at the Lord's Cricket Ground on September 24. It was a low-scoring game with the Women In Blue scoring only 169 all-out. In reply, the Three Lions were reduced to 118/9 at one stage. The last batting pair of Charlie Deen and Freya Davies took the team close and looked like taking the game away from India.

However, India all-rounder, Deepti Sharma 'ran out' Charlee Deen when England need 17 runs to win. The dismissal has created controversy like many other times in the past. Formerly known as 'Mankading', it was always made legal by the lawmakers of the game but was frowned upon. A lot of players have always felt that it is 'The Most' unfair way to get a wicket. India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was asked about the same and she said "hasn't done something outside the rules".

"To be honest, I thought you will ask about all the 10 wickets which was not easy to take as well (when asked about the dismissal).

"It's part of the game I don't think we have done something new. It shows your awareness, what batters are doing. I will back my players, she hasn't done something outside the rules. At the end of the day a win is a win and we will take that."

Mankading was renamed as run-out recently

A little while back, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) changed some of the rules of the game. One of them was renaming Mankading as run-out.

'If the non-striker is not at the crease before the ball is bowled, the action of dismissing him will now be legally declared a run-out. There is no more mankading name. Those who get out in such a way are considered run-outs,' the MCC stated recently.

This is how Twitter reacted

It’s a legal dismissal. The only thing against the spirit of the game here is the batter trying to gain an unfair advantage. Well done, Deepti Sharma. #EngvInd

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) September 24, 2022

The holier-than-thou syndrome. If the run out is well within the framework, as were the over throws to ‘win’ CWC 2019 final, then a simple solution for those cribbing: go cry somewhere else #DeeptiSharma https://t.co/f3l3Ly6Vr5

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) September 25, 2022

Condemning a player for staying within the laws of the game is strange carriage of justice #DeeptiSharma

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 24, 2022

It's actually quite simple. Ball comes into play when bowler starts run up. From that moment on as a batter or non striker you've to keep your eyes on the ball, if you're a bit careless, opposition will get you out. And you can get out at either ends. #ENGvIND

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) September 24, 2022

If you are outside the crease when the bowler is about to deliver a ball, you are either irresponsible or you are cheating. The bowler must run you out if she can.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 24, 2022

The thing about the Spirit of Cricket is that people who complain about things not being within the Spirit of Cricket often don’t seem to have read the Spirit of Cricket definition.

— Brydon Coverdale (@brydoncoverdale) September 24, 2022

Anyone who has appealed and chosen not to take the DRS (when available) has no moral authority to talk about the mythical ethics of running the batter out at the non-striker’s end. Period.

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 24, 2022

Advice for all oppositions of England:

Back up lot more than usual. Since they take the moral high ground over this dismissal every time, take the advantage offered by them until they realise why the run out option is important and required, particularly in white-ball formats.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) September 25, 2022

Im on no one's side here but my opinion is that if bowlers are forced to stay behind the line while bowling due to the laws in place.... batters can learn to stay behind the line too while backing up due to the laws in place

Seems fair to me if we all just follow the laws

— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) September 24, 2022