New Delhi. India made a clean sweep for the first time by winning the match by 16 runs in the Lord’s ODI against England. This victory is also special for the team because it was a farewell match for Indian legend Jhulan Goswami. Jhulan bowled 10 overs in this match and took important two wickets for 30 runs and took his number of wickets in ODI cricket to 255. But Deepti Sharma’s run-out as England’s last wicket has created a new controversy.
Deepti Sharma run out controversy
When England needed 17 runs from 39 balls to win and the last pair were on the field, Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean, who left the crease before bowling the ball at the non-striker’s end, who was declared out by the third umpire. Diya and India won the series 3-0 by 16 runs in their favor.
However, with this move of Deepti, Dean angrily threw his bat on the field and his tears came out. Charlie Dean was dismissed for 47 runs. Different types of reactions are coming about this run out of Deepti. Some are telling them against the spirit of sports and some are justifying them.
What is ICC’s rule
Earlier this type of out was known as Unfair Play and Mankad etc. But in March Marylebone Cricket Club removed it from Unfair category and put it in run out and in recent times the ICC has also approved it, which is on 1 October. will also be implemented from So this run out of Deepti follows the rules in every way. Former Indian batsmen Aakash Chopra and Wasim Jaffer have also extended their support to Deepti.
Talking about the match, in this low-scoring match, thanks to Deepti Sharma’s unbeaten 68 and Smriti Mandhana’s 50-run knock, Team India scored 169 runs and England’s team could score only 153 runs. Renuka Singh Thakur took 4 wickets for India.