Harsha Bhogle Slams English Media For Targeting Deepti Sharma Over Run-Out

The debate over running the non-striker out for backing up too far has intensified ever since Deepti Sharma dismissed England's Charlie Dean in that fashion to seal India's 3-0 ODI series win at Lord's. England players, both current and former, as well as other experts in the British media have been very vocal in their criticism of the mode of dismissal, invoking 'the spirit of cricket', even though the MCC - the custodians of the laws of the game - has been firm in supporting it as a legitimate mode of dismissal.

Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter on Friday to criticise English media over their take on the incident.

Bhogle wrote a long thread outlining his views.

I find it very disturbing that a very large section of the media in England is asking questions of a girl who played by the laws of the game & none at all of another who was gaining an illegal advantage and was a habitual offender. That includes reasonable people & I think (1/n)

"I find it very disturbing that a very large section of the media in England is asking questions of a girl who played by the laws of the game & none at all of another who was gaining an illegal advantage and was a habitual offender," he wrote.

"That includes reasonable people & I think it is a cultural thing. The English thought it was wrong to do so & because they ruled over a large part of the cricket world, they told everyone it was wrong. The colonial domination was so powerful that few questioned it. As a result, the mindset still is that what England considers wrong should be considered wrong by the rest of the cricket world, much like the "line" the Aussies say you must not cross having decided what the line should be which is fine in their culture but may not be