India suffered a heart-breaking loss in opposition to Australia within the semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Chasing a 173-run goal, India have been in a robust place when skipper Harmanpreet Kaur obtained run out. The match turned dramatically as Harmanpreet departed simply 40 runs wanted off 32 balls. Kaur batted fantastically to make 52 earlier than she hit a ball to deep midwicket and appeared set to finish a cushty two runs just for her bat to jab into the turf simply wanting the crease. Kaur threw her bat angrily as she walked off. That dismissal pegged again India finally.

Veteran Australia bowler Megan Schutt has now reacted strongly to a remark by Harmanpreet.

“They were cruising and we were under the pump. Collectively our last five overs were crucial. Getting a couple of wickets in there but also providing pressure on all aspects, whether it’s in the field, with the ball or even body language out there. Harman said our body language was down. I’ll call bullshit on that. We’re just calm. We don’t panic, we don’t take it out on each other if there’s a misfield or a dropped catch. That’s where we stand out as a team. We’re a team first and we know getting angry about that isn’t going to do about that. So it was a collective effort,” Megan Schutt advised Cricbuzz.

On an recommendation that she would give to the Indian staff, Schutt mentioned, “Stay calm. It was wrong of Harman to follow that after (reaction after being given out). It sets the wrong precedent for those coming after. I know she was calm after that and spoke to Deepti. But the damage was done already by then. Being able to compose yourself in that situation. Of course, you’ve to go through lots to figure that out. We’ve had our own losses. Yes, we win a lot, but we’ve had our own clutch moments that we’ve lost and learned from that.”

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