The Indian women’s team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, suffered a 5-run defeat against Australia in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Due to the poor fielding of the Indian team in this match. The batsmen of the Australian team scored 172 runs. In this episode, former Indian captain Diana Edulji has given a statement while putting a lot of class on captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
Diane said –
“She is thinking that the bat is stuck, but if you see the second run, it looks like she was jogging. Why are you running comfortably when you know your wicket is so important? Team India Your staying in the game was very important to get us the win. Look at Perry’s dive to save those two runs. That’s what professional cricket is all about.”
Let us tell you that the run out of Captain Harmanpreet was the biggest turning point of the match. After Harmanpreet’s dismissal, Jemima, Richa, Deepti everyone failed to score runs and in the end the team had to face defeat. Edulji while criticizing Harmanpreet recalled a piece of advice given by former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.
Diane added –
“They don’t give up till the end and we are not ready to fight at all. You can’t lose every time at the last moment. She was running comfortably on the second run. They thought she would reach easily. We were told by Sunil Gavaskar in the 1970s that you have to learn to finish every ball keeping your bat on the ground, only then you will get into that habit. His bat was in the wrong left hand. If she had caught it right-handed, she would not have had such a runout.”
