Bhubaneswar, Sept. 25 -- Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI against England was perfectly legal. However, opinions were divided.

While some cricket experts backed it, Englishmen, such as Stuart Broad and James Anderson, expressed their annoyance.

The Indian eves 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 Charlie to claim England's last wicket, after the batter had backed up, sparked a controversy.

Charlie 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 dismis...