Bringing culture into people's opinions over Mankad? Ben Stokes responds to Harsha Bhogle's tweets on controversial run-out

Ben Stokes has hit back at Harsha Bhogle for his criticism of the English media over the Deepti Sharma-Charlotte Dean run-out controversy.

England's Test cricket team captain Ben Stokes has hit back at Harsha Bhogle's strong tweets directed at the English media over the Deepti Sharma-Charlotte Dean run-out controversy, asking why he is bringing culture into people's opinion about the incident.

The Deepti-Dean run-out controversy has been a hot topic of discussion around the globe, with the English media and players, both current and former, criticizing the India all-rounder for her decision.

Bhogle on Friday posted a series of tweets expressing about his anguish at the England media for their coverage of the row by making Sharma look like the villain.

I find it very disturbing that a very large section of the media in England is asking questions of a girl who played by the laws of the game & none at all of another who was gaining an illegal advantage and was a habitual offender. That includes reasonable people & I think (1/n)