“India were a deserved winner. But no warnings were given. They don’t need to be given, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any less legitimate. But if they are comfortable with the decision to affect the exit, India should.” . I don’t feel the need to justify it by lying about the warnings” – Knight
Injured England captain Heather Knight has accused Indian bowler Deepti Sharma of ‘lying’ over claims that Charlie Dean was tipped off before her sacking from ‘Mankad’ on Saturday.
Dean was left without the non-striker winger as England tried to move closer to an unlikely win, having been 115-9 but with Dean comfortable in the 47th crease, before Sharma took off bails after getting into his stride. of delivery.
‘Mankad”s dismissal was upheld by the third umpire and sealed a 16-run victory and 3-0 series sweep for India, with Dean throwing his bat to the ground in tears as boos echoed through the crowd at the manner Victory. .
“It was a plan, because we had warned him [for leaving the crease early] repeatedly,” Sharma told reporters upon the team’s arrival in Kolkata.
“We did things according to the rules and guidelines.
“We told the referees too, but she was there [outside the crease]. We couldn’t do much.”
Knight, currently out with a hip joint injury, took to Twitter to refute the claims.
“The game is over, Charlie was legitimately fired. India deserved to win the match and the series. But no warnings were given,” he wrote.
“They don’t need to happen, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any less legitimate.
“But if they are comfortable with the decision to affect depletion, India shouldn’t feel the need to justify it by lying about warnings.”
Sky sports news has contacted the ECB today regarding Knight’s tweets, but they do not wish to comment and it is understood that the ECB will not file a complaint about the dismissal.
ESPNcricinfo analyst Peter Della Penna has since reviewed Dean’s completed innings and found that he left his crease early a total of 72 times on Saturday.
“A lot has happened. This shouldn’t be a story. This should be dead in the water, and the story was ending towards the end of yesterday,” said Charles Dagnall. sky sports on Monday.
“No laws were broken, absolutely not, Deepti is within her rights not to warn Charlie Dean and take her off the non-striker side and that is a completely legitimate dismissal. Nothing wrong was done.”
“Obviously it’s a rare thing. I can remember four ‘Mankad’ incidents in the professional era.
“It was a talking point, so when it came to the post-match press conference, obviously I had to ask the question. [to India captain Harmanpreet Kaur]. And I was very specific about how I asked the question.
“I asked him for his opinion on what happened at the end of the game, and that’s all I asked him.
“She gave me an answer that wasn’t an answer to the question, so I asked her again and I thought she answered brilliantly. And then we moved on.”
“Not once in that time did she mention any warning given by her or Deepti to batsman Charlie Dean or the umpire.
“Then Deepti Sharma is asked when he will land in Kolkata and then he mentions that he was given a lot of warnings. Now if he had turned around and said, ‘I didn’t give any warnings’, then there is no story.
“But she said that, and now she got a response from the England captain.
“In this regard, should the England captain call Deepti a liar on her personal social media? Because that is essentially what she is doing.
“No, I don’t think it should be.
