- Monday, April 29, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
Former England captain Michael Vaughan is known for his controversial takes on cricket and his love-hate relationship with Indian fans is not something new to know. The 47-year-old found himself at the receiving end of a backlash from the Indian supporters after he came up with a take to react to India women’s team bowler Deepti Sharma’s running out of England tail-ender Charlotte Dean in the third and final one-day international between the two teams at Lord’s on Saturday (24).
The left-arm spinner ran Dean out at the non-striker’s end after she went out, a form of dismissal more commonly known as ‘Mankading’, to seal a 16-run victory for her side and bag the series for the visitors 3-0.
The International Cricket Council recently moved ‘Mankading’ from its “unfair play” section to the “run out” section but despite that, a number of England cricketers, both current and former, criticised the India spinner and her team for opting to run Dean out in that manner. The Indian team got tremendous support from its own cricketing fraternity. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur also strongly backed Sharma saying there was no crime committed.
“Mankad is in the rules,but I hope it’s not a go too tactic .. You surely don’t train all your lives to win a game using that tactic .. and I know Batters should train to stay behind the line but it stinks seeing a game won like that .. Yesterday was a bloody good game too #India,” Vaughan wrote in a Twitter post.
Mankad is in the rules,but I hope it’s not a go too tactic .. You surely don’t train all your lives to win a game using that tactic .. and I know Batters should train to stay behind the line but it stinks seeing a game won like that .. Yesterday was a bloody good game too #India
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) September 25, 2022
The Marylebone Cricket Club also removed ‘Mankading’ from the ‘unfair play’ category earlier this year.
The Indian fans hit out at Vaughan over his take and here are some reactions that he got. Some even posted clips from past games where England were accused of taking unfair means to dismiss opponent batters:
Spirit of Cricket shown by England team 🥹
Did that stink Vaughan..?? pic.twitter.com/8VZxcnDQlK— Garv (ਗਰਵਿਤ) (@imgarvmalik) September 25, 2022
It's not mankad anymore, its run out. Read the icc rule book first
— max (@o_sanamm) September 25, 2022
Did this ‘stink’ too?😜 https://t.co/xqUQq5DDmv
— Abhinav Agarwal (@abhinav6691) September 25, 2022
And as per this thread, she left crease 14 times in match before ball leaving bowler's hand. Surely the captain was furious on continous cheating and hence suggest it. We're so proud. Hope Indians keep such match awareness always👇🏻https://t.co/4dtFK0qduy
— Vipin (@vipiny4u) September 25, 2022
— Fenil Patel (@fenil0018) September 25, 2022
Absolute no intent to bowl the ball. Looking at batter and waiting for her momentum to take her out of crease.
Completely premeditated action. pic.twitter.com/vfKJYNPim4
— Archibald Hetherington Nastyface (@GongAssassin) September 25, 2022
Cricket is such a weired sport. Non striker aims to get an unfair advantage but the person rightfully running her out is called Unsportsmanlike. https://t.co/YZOOKzUXSx pic.twitter.com/i6nIRVho9R
— Zaheer (2|14|2|4) Bhaila (@ZiriB) September 25, 2022
