“He Said That?”: Harmanpreet Kaur’s Fiery Response To Nasser Hussain’s ‘School Girl Error’ Comment After T20 World Cup Exit | Cricket News

Harmanpreet Kaur regarded on track to information India to victory over Australia within the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final however a freak run-out ended her innings and the hopes of reaching the event’s last. The India skipper was very near finishing her run however her bat bought caught within the floor and Alyssa Healy accomplished an important dismissal. The Indian batters had been unable to complete the chase as India fell agonisingly in need of the goal. Former England Skipper Nasser Hussain referred to as it a ‘faculty woman error’ on her half and blamed her sluggish begin to the primary run for the dismissal.

In the aftermath of the match, Harmanpreet was requested in regards to the remark.

“How will you take the pressure when someone like Nasser Hussain on live commentary calls it a schoolgirl error or a club cricket error? How do you defend something like that?” the reporter requested.

“He said that? Yes. 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. Maybe something still, we have to improve to go to the finals because we definitely didn’t field badly. We didn’t bowl well in patches. Sometimes we didn’t bat well. If you want to win any game, we have to do well in all the departments. Then only you have more chances to go to the semis, to the finals. I think it was unlucky but I don’t think it was a mistake by a schoolgirl because we are mature enough. We are playing international cricket and whatever he said, that’s his way of thinking. But I don’t think it was like that,” Harmanpreet answered on the post-match press convention in Cape Town.

India wilted below the strain of a knock-out recreation but once more after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s freak run out as defending champions Australia entered their seventh successive Women’s T20 World Cup last with a five-run win right here on Thursday. India’s shoddy fielding and catching allowed Australia to put up a difficult 172 for 4 after Meg Lanning opted to bat within the semifinal.

At 28 for 3, India had been down and out however Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24) produced a counter-attacking 69-run stand off simply 41 balls to convey the workforce 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 workforce got here up quick to complete at 167 for eight.

(With PTI inputs)

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