The controversy relating to Deepti Sharma’s run-out of Charlie Dean has gone additional, with England Girls skipper Heather Knight accusing the all-rounder of ‘mendacity’ over her claims that Dean was warned earlier than her dismissal on Saturday.
Notably, in a crunch state of affairs when the English crew wanted 17 runs to win with their last-wicket pair of Dean and Freya Davies within the center, Deepti, after noticing that Dean was exterior her crease on the non-striker’s finish, stopped in her bowling stride and whipped the bails off.
The incident stirred up the spirit-of-cricket debates, with the specialists having blended opinions. Whereas many England cricketers expressed their displeasure, the Indian fraternity got here out in assist of Deepti. Upon reaching India, Deepti revealed that she ran Dean out only after issuing several warnings to the opposition and in addition getting the on-field umpire conversant in the entire state of affairs.
“That was our plan as a result of she was repeatedly doing it, and we had warned them too. We had additionally knowledgeable the umpires. However nonetheless, she was proper there, so there wasn’t a lot we may do. We did the whole lot based on the principles and pointers,” Deepti advised the reporters.
Nonetheless, Knight, who’s at the moment out with a hip-joint damage, took to Twitter to refute the claims of Deepti. Although Knight admitted what India did was effectively throughout the guidelines but additionally accused Deepti of mendacity.
“The sport is over, Charlie was dismissed legitimately. India had been deserved winners of the match and the collection. However no warnings got. They don’t have to be given, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any much less respectable. But when they’re snug with the choice to have an effect on the run-out, India shouldn’t really feel the necessity to justify it by mendacity about warnings,” stated Knight in a collection of tweets.
1/2 The sport is over, Charlie was dismissed legitimately. India had been deserved winners of the match and the collection. However no warnings got. They don’t have to be given, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any much less respectable… https://t.co/TOTdJ3HgJe
— Heather Knight (@Heatherknight55) September 26, 2022
2/2 But when they’re snug with the choice to have an effect on the run out, India shouldn’t really feel the necessity to justify it by mendacity about warnings 🤷🏼♀️ https://t.co/TOTdJ3HgJe
— Heather Knight (@Heatherknight55) September 26, 2022
