‌WPL | Twitter shocked as Deepti avoids running out at non-striker’s end to make way for no-ball maximum

ByArijit Kundu,SportsCafe Editor

Last Saturday at 11:28 PM

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The 22 yards never fails to surprise the fans with unexpected turns of events. Saturday’s Women’s Premier League encounter between the UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bengaluru was a similar one where Deepti Sharma didn’t enforce a runout at the non-striker’s end, which she did previously.

Fielding first after winning the toss, the Bengaluru side failed to penetrate the Warriorz batting inside the 70-run powerplay. However, by the time the innings folded, they gathered four of them for conceding 226 runs, the most in the WPL history. In response, the visitors failed to get a good start, losing wickets in regular intervals in an attempt to be on song with the required run rate. Despite being 107/5 in eleven overs, Richa Ghosh’s blistering 69 and Sneh Rana’s late blitz, helped by Deepti Sharma’s ‘spirit of cricket’ act, kept RCB’s qualification dreams alive.

Having leaked 19 runs off the initial four balls of the penultimate over of the match, Deepti stopped from releasing the ball after realizing Kim Garth was leaving the crease early at the non-striker’s end. For a change, she didn’t run her out despite being in the vicinity of the wickets. Ellyse Perry and the RCB dugout were utterly shocked to see the all-rounde, known for her cheeky attempts, turn out decent at a crucial juncture of the match. The matters worsened for the home side when she overstepped on the next ball and conceded a four and a six, curtailing the equation to 15 needed off the last seven balls. She ran out Charlie Dean in an India versus England match at the Lords in 2022, and the Twitterverse was vividly surprised to see Deepti not opt for a similar act this time around.

Wait Wht??!

— ashik (@ashik1587212)

SNEH RANA!

— ashik (@ashik1587212)

Eliminated!

RCBW is at 194/8 in 18.3 overs, needing 32 runs from 9 balls to win. Sneh Rana just smashed a six off Deepti Sharma to long-on, keeping the chase alive. Can RCBW pull off a thrilling finish?
— Khiladi Adda (@KhiladiADDA)

Rcb!

Rcb❤️
— ℝ𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚 (@ViratKohli3868)

What a Match!

Records broken in match

Highest team score in WPL - 225/5 (UPW)

RCB achieve their highest score in WPL - 213/10

Joint-highest individual score in WPL - Georgia Voll - 99*(56)

Highest aggregate in WPL - 438

Most runs conceded off one over - 28 (Deepti Sharma)
— Anshul Gupta (@oyegupta_)

Unexpected !

What a cameo from Sneh Rana!!

📸: JioHotstar
— lucky Dilliwal (@dilliwal_l95998)

What a Player!

Sneh Rana Very Expensive Player 👑

ZIDDI GAURAV KHANNA
— Vipin.Yadav (@Iam__vipin)

Brilliant!

What a knock from Sneh Rana 💪
— Shailendra Yadav (@shailendrasy12)

Thriller right!?

Sneh Rana and Richa Ghosh 🔥🔥

you girls scared me 🥵🥵

One of the best nail biting thriller match

Just miss but great batting ❤️💯
— VarunReddySama (@Varunreddi141)

superb knock!