It may be almost a month when Deepti Sharma ran out Charlotte Dean at the non-striker's end during India's ODI game vs England but it continues to be a topic of discussion.
Sachin Tendulkar has also joined the debate and he feels that the dismissal is a legitimate rule as per the ICC and whenever someone is playing by the rules, there's no point in questioning their 'spirit of the game'.
In an interview with Sportstar, when asked if he would run out someone in that fashion, the Master Blaster said "It's a rule now. If a player is short of the crease or doesn't make the crease, then the batter is given out. So the ICC has introduced the rule that if you are out of the crease (before the ball is bowled), then you are run out."
Tendulkar also believes that the Deepti Sharma incident was blown out of proportion and said that she was playing to what the laws of the game are.
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