Don’t know how many more days it will take to recover from this defeat: Harmanpreet
Cape Town. Dejected after suffering a demoralizing defeat at the hands of Australia in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup last night, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur does not know when she will get over the guilt of ‘losing so close to winning’. Harmanpreet was run out trying to complete her second run during the semi-final against Australia. His bat was locked and his untimely dismissal proved to be the ‘turning point’ of the game as the team lost by just five runs. Harmanpreet came out to play in this knockout match despite fever and ‘dehydration’ (lack of water in the body) and brought the team close to victory by playing a half-century of 52 runs in 34 balls.
He said in the press conference after the match, “It is very difficult to control yourself. Don’t know But I’m still in a ‘hangover’. During the post-match prize distribution ceremony, she wore dark glasses to hide her tears. This Indian team has suffered close defeats in many matches, the team lost the ODI World Cup final to England in 2017 and they also had a close defeat in the final of the Commonwealth Games against Australia in Birmingham in 2022. No one would know this pain except the captain. The woman cricketer from Moga said, “Don’t know how this is happening. But after this defeat, only when we go to the dressing room, we will know how many more days it will take to ‘forget’ it.
But I think we played good cricket. That’s all I can say. Before Harmanpreet was dismissed, the Indian captain and Jemimah Rodrigues had put on a 41-ball 69-run partnership but India’s number one all-rounder Deepti Sharma once again failed to show her ‘power hitting’ skills. Scored 20 runs in 17 balls. Former England men’s team captain Nasser Hussain termed Harmanpreet’s run out as a ‘schoolgirl mistake’. To this the Indian captain asked, “He said so?” Good. I don’t know. It’s a way of thinking. I don’t know.
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But sometimes it happens. I have seen this happen many times in cricket when the batsman goes for a run and sometimes the bat gets stuck. But I would say we were unlucky today. “He said,” If I had not got out and stayed at the crease till the end, we would have definitely finished the match an over earlier because we were in rhythm. Though the skipper did not name the person to blame for the defeat, it was clear from her reaction that she was referring to Deepti when she talked about batting responsibly and positively after her dismissal. He said, “When I got out, the momentum shifted from India to Australia. I also feel that this was the turning point. It’s disappointing because we shouldn’t have lost like this. Because coming so close, we should have batted with more responsibility and positive attitude.
