The third ODI between England and Indian women’s team was marred by controversy after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlotte Dean who had ventured out of her crease while Sharma was in her delivery stride. Apart from this, there was another moment from the game that got viral for the wrong reasons.
Before the match began, both the teams stood still in silence to pay respect to Queen Elizabeth II who passed away, recently. During the silence moment, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana was caught talking and smiling on the camera. The moment hasn’t gone down well with the English fans who began bashing Mandhana for ridiculing the former monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Not sure what is worse. This or talking and laughing through the queens minute silence?? pic.twitter.com/ztDSx7zk5X
— Chesney Howes (@chesney9) September 24, 2022
Coming back to the match, England Captain Amy Jones won the toss and elected to field first. The decision was further vindicated by Kate Cross who broke the back of the Indian batting line up picking up four wickets upfront. India were left reeling at 29/4 after 8.4 overs. The innings was stabilized by Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma who scored 50 and 68 respectively taking India to a total of 169.
England got off to a decent start to their chase as the openers added 27 runs for the first wicket. But an incredible spell from Renuka Singh brought India back into the game as he sparked a collapse. England in no time were reeling at 65/7 after 17 overs. Jhulan Goswami playing the last match of her career also got amongst the wickets taking two scalps.
With the game heading off to a thrilling finish as England needed 17 off 39 balls having just one wicket in hand, Deepti Sharma showed great presence of mind by running out Charlotte Dean who was found way out of her crease.
The dismissal meant that India sealed a clean-sweep win in the three-match series; however, as usual with such a dismissal, it drew mixed reactions from the cricket fraternity. It also sparked a controversy attracting mixed responses from the cricketing fraternity on the mode of dismissal.
