Deepti Sharma's 'mankad' Dismissal Leaves England Dressing Room In Utter Shock
India women's cricket team gave a fitting farewell to veteran Jhulan Goswami by inflicting a whitewash on the England team in their backyard on Saturday. The low-scoring thriller saw India win the match by 16 runs while defending 170 on board. India's ODI series triumph in England was their first since 1999. However, the India women vs England Women 3rd ODI match had its fair share of controversy as well following the Deepti Sharma 'mankad' incident in the last over.

England no stranger to 'mankading' as Deepti prevails over Dean
The 'mankading' incident happened in the 44th over with England women almost cruising towards victory. Sharma was into her delivery stride when England batter Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end went too far ahead of the crease. The Indian off-spinner dislodged the bails leaving Dean dumbstruck as she threw her bat to the ground in tears. England players sitting on the Lord's dressing room balcony looked on in disbelief. The field umpires decided to go to the third umpire who confirmed the run-out handing India the victory. Charlie Dean was, therefore, dismissed for 47 runs

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