How about awarding wicket to bowler for presence of mind: Ashwin

Going
by
the
ICC
manual,
India
all-rounder
Deepti
Sharma’s
run
out
of
Charlie
Dean
in
the
third
ODI
was
perfectly
legal,
but
it
still
divided
opinion
with
many
backing
it
while
Englishmen,
such
as
Stuart
Broad,
James
Anderson
and
Sam
Billings,
expressing
their
annoyance.

Joining
in
the
debate
Ashwin,
who
has
often
objected
to
these
kind
of
run
outs
being
termed
‘Mankading’
(named
after
former
India
player
Vinoo
Mankad),
recommended
a
bravery
award
for
the
bowler.
Responding
to
a
tweet
by
English
cricketer
Billings
who
asked
Adnderson,
“Imagine
how
many
more
wickets
you
could
get
James,”
Ashwin
wrote
on
his
Twitter
handle,
“In
fact
that’s
a
great
idea.

“How
about
awarding
that
wicket
to
the
bowler
for
“presence
of
mind”
under
immense
pressure
and
of
course
knowing
the
social
stigma
that
he/she
would
have
to
deal
with
post
doing
it.
How
about
a
bravery
award
to
go
with
it
too.”

The
Indian
women’s
team
beat
England
at
Lord’s
to
sweep
the
three-match
series
and
give
a
fitting
farewell
to
the
legendary
Jhulan
Goswami
on
Saturday.
However,
bowler
Deepti
running
out
Dean
to
claim
England’s
last
wicket,
after
the
batter
had
backed
up,
led
to
a
controversy.

Dean
was
backing
up
when
Sharma
stopped
in
the
middle
of
her
bowling
action
to
run
out
the
batter
for
47
runs
with
the
target
just
17
runs
away.
The
dismissal
is
perfectly
legal
according
to
laws
of
the
game.
Earlier,
Ashwin
tweeted,
“Why
the
hell
are
you
trending
Ashwin?
Tonight
is
about
another
bowling
hero
@Deepti_Sharma06.”