Kolkata: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma revealed Monday that Charlie Dean was warned against backing up multiple times. However, as she did not heed to the warnings, Deepti Sharma carried out a controversial run out of the England batter in the third and final ODI played at Lord’s. The dismissal reignited an intense debate over the ‘spirit of the game’.
“Woh plan tha hum logon ka, kyunki woh baar baar… Hum warn bhi kar chuke the usko. Jo rules mein hain, jo guidelines hain, uske according hi humne kiya (We had planned this as she was not paying heed to our repeated warnings. We acted according to the rules and the guidelines),” Deepti told reporters upon her arrival here.
With 17 needed to win, Dean was run out for 47 with Deepti deciding to clip the bails during her delivery stride to put an end to their 35-run partnership that gave India 3-0 sweep. It was also Jhulan Goswami’s swansong game.
The run-out is currently listed in the ‘Unfair Play’ section of the laws but is set to be moved to the ‘Run Out’ section at the start of next month when an update in the ICC Playing Conditions comes into effect.
Deepti further pointed out that they had informed the umpires before running out Dean.
“Umpires ko bola tha hum logon ne, but still woh wahin par thi. Hum log kuchh nahin kar sakte the. (We did inform the umpires, but she continued to do it. There was nothing we could do),” the 25-year-old Deepti added.
The 39-year-old Jhulan, who has a record 355 wickets across formats retired from international cricket in the final ODI. Deepti said that the entire team wanted to give Jhulan a winning farewell. Every team want to win and we as a team gave our best effort to win it for Jhulan Goswami,” she said.
Jhulan and Deepti, who also plays for Bengal in domestic cricket, landed in the city to a rousing welcome at the airport by several organisations.
