"Great Game Awareness By Deepti Sharma": Anjum Chopra

Former India women's cricket team captain Anjum Chopra has come out in defence of Deepti Sharma who ran out Charlie Dean for leaving the crease at non-striker's end in the third and final ODI at Lord's as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side went on to win the match by 16 runs to clean sweep the series 3-0. The mode of dismissal called 'run-out at non-striker's end' in cricket created a lot of buzz on social media with former English Stuart Broad, Sam Billings, James Anderson etc saying that it is not in the spirit of the game.

"I don't know which people are these and as I say either we are playing by the laws of the game or we are not playing by the laws of the game. It is defined and it is written in black and white. If a batter has hit the shot and he or she has lost the bat in the bargain. As a result she/he gets caught in covers or mid-off. Would you go to bat again saying no you lost the bat. You should have hit it as a six but because the fielder has caught the ball we will give you another chance to bat. Like really is this the spirit of the game. So, I don't know what you are talking about. I understand at the end of the day sports is about camaraderie, recreation and having bondage with fellow players that I completely understand but this is not what we are talking about. We are talking about the laws of the game. We are playing cricket with the laws of the game. Either remove the law that a player cannot be run out in this fashion. I think it is great game awareness by Deepti Sharma because she was involved in that overstepping in the ICC Women's World Cup in New Zealand. So, she was involved there and now here. So, I think it is great game awareness. So, I am in support of my player and I feel an unfair advantage