The debate over sending the non-striker away for backing up too far has intensified since Deepti Sharma sacked England’s Charlie Dean in that way to seal India’s 3-0 ODI series win at Lord’s. England players, both current and former, as well as other pundits in the British media, have strongly criticized the manner of dismissal, invoking ‘the spirit of cricket’, although the MCC – the custodians of the laws of the game – has been determined to support it as a legitimate means of resignation.
Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter on Friday to criticize British media outlets for their view of the incident.
Bhogle wrote a long thread explaining his views.
I find it very disturbing that a very large part of the media in England is asking questions of one girl who played by the rules of the game and not at all another who gains an illegal advantage and was a repeat offender. That includes reasonable people & I think (1/n)
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 30, 2022
“I find it very disturbing that a very large part of the media in England is asking questions of one girl who was playing by the rules of the game and not at all another who is taking an illegal advantage and who was a repeat offender,” he said. wrote.
“That includes reasonable people and I think it’s a cultural thing. The English thought it was wrong to do that and because they ruled much of the cricket world, they told everyone it was wrong. The colonial rule was so powerful that The result is that the mindset is still that what England sees as wrong should be seen as wrong by the rest of the cricketing world, much like the “line” the Aussies say you mustn’t cross, after you’ve decided what the line should be is fine in their culture, but maybe not for others,” he wrote in his strongly worded thread.
“The rest of the world is no longer obliged to think in the same way as England and so we see what is so clearly wrong. So is the idea that turning tracks is bad, but sewing tracks is fine,” went on. him further.
“The reason I say it’s cultural is that it’s what they were raised to think. They don’t think it’s wrong. The problem arises and we are guilty of it too, when people judge each other’s approach England wants the rest of the world not to like having batters drained at the end of the non-rush hour and that they have been vicious and rude to Deepti and others who have done it,” he wrote.
“We also hit hard to ask others to wake up from an age-old colonial slumber. The easiest thing is to play by the laws of the game and stop worrying about the subjective interpretation of the game’s spirit, stop forcing opinions on others,” Bhogle wrote.
“The law says the non-striker must be behind the fold until the bowler’s arm is at the highest point. If you stick to that, the game will run smoothly,” he repeated.
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“If you point the finger at others, as many in England have done at Deepti, you remain open to questions being asked. It is best if those in power, or those in power, stop believing that the world should act at their command. Just like in society, where judges apply the law of the land, so too in cricket,” Bhogle added.
“But I remain disturbed by the vitriol aimed at Deepti. She played by the laws of the game and criticized what she did should stop,” he concluded.
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