Team India confronted a slim five-run defeat to Australia within the semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Friday. India’s shoddy fielding and catching allowed Australia to put up a difficult 172 for 4 after Meg Lanning opted to bat. In the run-chase, India had been as soon as struggling at 28/3 however Harmanpreet Kaur (52 off 34) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24) produced a counter-attacking 69-run stand off simply 41 balls to carry the crew again within the recreation. India wanted a really gettable 39 off final 30 balls with 5 wickets in hand however because it has been the case up to now, the crew got here up brief to complete at 167 for eight.

Following the match, Indian crew obtained assist from followers and former cricketers for his or her gritty fightback in opposition to the world no. 1 facet, that has reached the ultimate of each version of the Women’s T20 World Cup since its inception. However, India’s former captain Diana Edulji wasn’t too impressed with the facet’s outing within the semi-final and expressed her anger on the gamers; she was important of Harmanpreet Kaur for her seeming lack of effort that resulted in her run-out, and likewise criticised Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues for his or her shot choice.

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Harmanpreet’s bat acquired caught within the floor whereas coming again for the second run within the fifteenth over, and Alyssa Healy was fast to take the bails off with the Indian captain in need of the crease.

“She is thinking the bat got stuck but if you see the second run she was jogging. Why are you running in a relaxed manner when you know when your wicket is so important? You have to play professional cricket to win. Look at the dive Perry made to save those two runs. That is what professionalism is,” Edulji instructed PTI.

Harmanpreet’s run-out was the largest turning level of the match. The Indian lower-middle order crumbled underneath stress after Harman’s run-out in opposition to the run of play.

Edulji recalled an recommendation from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to criticise Harmanpreet for the run-out.

“They do not surrender until the top and we aren’t able to combat in any respect. You cannot be falling on the final hurdle on a regular basis.

“She was informal on the second run. She thought she would comfortably attain. We had been instructed within the Nineteen Seventies by Mr. Sunil Gavaskar that each ball you need to study to floor your bat then solely you get into that behavior.

“Her bat was in the wrong hand (left). If she held it in the right hand, she would have been able to stretch herself and complete the run,” she additional mentioned.

Harmanpreet, for her half, expressed her disappointment for getting run-out like that.

“It was a disappointment because the way I was batting, maybe that was the only chance to know how I can get out. Otherwise, the way I was meeting the ball, I know how to take this inning till the end. But sometimes it happens in cricket and we have to accept whatever happens. But otherwise, I am happy the way we played cricket throughout this tournament. We saw some really good performances like Richa did,” she instructed reporters after the match.