Sachin Tendulkar doesn’t feel that Deepti Sharma was at fault when she put Charlie Dean on the run.© AFP
Despite the recent rule changes by the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding end of non-rush hours, a debate persists across the cricket spectrum. After Deepti Sharma, the star of the Indian women’s cricket team, passed Charlotte Dean on the side of the non-striker, many former and current cricketers expressed their disappointment on social media, also calling the resignation against the spirit of the game. Sachin Tendulkar, one of the game’s veterans, has given a strong response to those who are still scratching the “sportsmanship” angle at the layoff.
In an interview with Sportstar, Tendulkar said the layoff is a legitimate rule according to the ICC and that when someone follows the rules, there’s no point in questioning their ‘spirit of the game’.
“The spirit of cricket… whatever you play within the rules of the game, that’s the spirit of cricket,” he said.
When asked if he would run someone out for backing up too far, Tendulkar said the batter deserves to be fired under the ICC rule for backing too far.
“It’s a rule now. If a player is short on the crease or doesn’t make the crease, then the batter is called out, right? Just as he misses a ball going towards stumps and in line with the stumps, lbw spent So the ICC has put in place the rule that if you’re out of whack (before the ball is bowled), you’re out.”
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When asked if Deepti Sharma’s episode was blown out of proportion, Tendulkar sided with the Indian spinner, saying, “She played by the laws of the game.”
What is mind-boggling to many is the fact that the Deepti Sharma episode still continues to be a topic of conversation among fans, pundits and former cricketers, despite it being as legal as any other layoff in the rulebooks.
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