Harmanpreet Kaur of India makes their approach off after being dismissed through the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Semi-Final match between Australia and India at Newlands Stadium on February 23, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The morale-shattering World Cup defeat is enjoying havoc with the thoughts of a crestfallen India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who does not know when will she overcome the near-yet-so-far feeling.
Harmanpreet’s bat obtained locked whereas making an attempt to full a second run through the semifinal towards Australia on Thursday and that proved to be the turning level of the sport because the premature dismissal of the skipper led to their heartbreaking five-run defeat.
“It is very difficult to control myself. I don’t know. Right now, I am sitting in a hangover,” Harmanpreet mentioned throughout a media interplay.
She wore darkish shades to disguise her tears throughout post-match presentation ceremony.
It has been a case of close to misses for this Indian staff, having narrowly misplaced the ODI World Cup last to England in 2017 and the CWG last to Australia in Birmingham in 2022.
No one is aware of the ache more than the skipper.
“I don’t understand how it is going on. But after this, when we go to the room, we will know how many more days it will take. But I think we played good cricket. That’s all I can say,” mentioned the girl from Moga, who battled excessive fever and dehydration to rating a scintillating 52 off 34 balls to arrange a platform however the likes of Deepti Sharma let slip the chance.
Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues had set it up properly by including 69 from 41 balls however one cannot ignore the truth that Deepti, thought-about, India’s No. 1 all-rounder, as soon as once more failed to show any important power-hitting abilities, scoring 20 off 17 balls.
Former England males’s staff captain Nasser Hussain termed her run-out as “schoolgirl error”.
“He (Nasser) said that? Okay. I don’t know. That is a way of thinking. I don’t know. But sometimes it happens. I have seen many times in cricket when batters are taking a single like that and sometimes the bat is stuck there. But obviously, I will take it as we were unlucky today.” Harmanpreet felt the one approach she might have been dismissed as a freak run out and as luck would have it, that’s precisely what occurred.
“Definitely, it was a disappointment because the way I was batting, maybe that was the only chance to know how I can get out. If my bat didn’t get stuck and I would’ve easily finished that run “If I had stayed until the final second, we might have undoubtedly completed the match one over earlier as we had the momentum.” The skipper didn’t take names but it was evident she was referring to Deepti when she spoke about batting with responsibility and a positive approach once she got out.
“The second I obtained out, the second the momentum shifted from India to Australia, I personally felt it was a turning level. It is disappointing as a result of we should not have misplaced like this. Because in the long run, after coming so shut, we might have batted with more accountability and with a optimistic strategy,” the skipper said.
Once she got out, she felt that young Richa Ghosh and seasoned Deepti, who has now played international cricket for a decade, will finish the game.
“Even after that (her run-out), you know, Deepti was there, Richa was there. I had a self-belief that they will do it too as a result of Richa has additionally batted effectively in all of the matches until now. After I obtained out, we performed 7-8 dot balls within the center and the match turned there,” she lamented.
