Deepti Sharma's run-out of Charlotte Dean at the non-striker’s end during the third ODI between India and England at Lord’s has created quite an uproar across the cricketing world.
For her antics, Deepti has received support from many while a lot of people, especially from the English cricket fraternity, have slammed her citing the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ argument even though the ICC has legitimized this form of dismissal and it will come into effect from October 1, 2022.
Sharing his two cents on this subject, South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi on Tuesday (September 27) said that if bowlers need to keep their feet in, non-strikers must too.
"For me, if bowlers have to keep their foot behind the line (while bowling), batsmen should do the same as well. No controversy about that. The rules are there," Shamsi quoted as saying by TOI on the eve of South Africa’s first T20I against India in Thiruvananthapuram.
The left-arm wrist spinner holds the record of most T20I wickets for South Africa with 69 scalps from 56 games. He occupies the second spot in the ICC T20I bowling rankings.
However, Shamsi has failed to make his mark in India so far, picking only three wickets from the six matches he has played here. However, he is not too concerned about it.
"It is always a good challenge when we play against India. It was just a few balls that were not executed properly (during South Africa's last tour of India). From that point of view I am not too worried. Couple of sixes here and there make no different, especially in T20 cricket," he said.
While the conditions would be quite different at the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, Shamsi is keen to take the learning from this tour and try to implement it against the Indian batters in Perth on October 30.
"The pitches will be different in Australia and India and also the size of the grounds. We have a great opportunity to bowl at the Indian batsmen here and pick up one or two things that can be used at the World Cup," Shamsi said.
(With TOI inputs)
