Ex-ENG star posts Dhoni’s clip online and issues a “Mankad” warning to batters in the midst of the ongoing dispute over the Deepti run-out
Ex-ENG star posts Dhoni’s clip online and issues a “Mankad” warning to batters in the midst of the ongoing dispute over the Deepti run-out. According to the ICC manual, India’s all-rounder Deepti Sharma was allowed to run out Charlie Dean in the third ODI. This is because the ICC recently changed the term “unfair play” to “run out” for this type of dismissal. But Deepti’s run out of Dean to get England’s last wicket caused a huge debate on social media, with current and former players having different thoughts about what happened.
Dean’s fighting 47 runs at No. 9 in Lord’s ODI, along with a 35-run partnership with No. 11 Freya Davies, gave England a chance to reach the target. However, the England batter was surprised when Sharma stopped in the middle of her bowling action to run out the batter. This helped India win the three-game series and say a proper goodbye to the legendary Jhulan Goswami on Saturday.
People’s opinion on the Mankad!
Some people agreed with the dismissal, but others, like the Englishmen Stuart Broad and James Anderson, were upset. Indian cricketers were quick to defend Deepti, even though there were a lot of mixed reactions on social media, leaving the cricketing community divided about the spirit of the game.
Monty Panesar’s tweet
Deepti’s run-out has become a popular topic of conversation, so former England spinner Monty Panesar wrote his thoughts on Twitter. He showed an old video of MS Dhoni telling batters to keep their bat in the crease while backing up.
Ravi Ashwin’s support
Ravichandran Ashwin, a top off-spinner, agreed with Deepti. He said that wickets should be given to bowlers when they run out batters at the non-striker’s end. He even suggested that the International Cricket Council (ICC) give the bowler an award for keeping their “head on straight” when under a lot of pressure.
“How about awarding that wicket to the bowler for “presence of mind” under immense pressure and of course knowing the social stigma that he/she would have to deal with post doing it. How about a bravery award to go with it too.”
The law
The MCC Law 41.16.1 states: “If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be run out.”