Harmanpreet Kaur discovered it tough to manage her tears as she cursed her poor luck for a freak run-out that led to a different heartbreaking knock-out defeat towards Australia within the semifinal of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Battling excessive fever and dehydration, the India skipper who confronted a medical emergency on the eve of the match, struck a pleasant fifty and conjured a scintillating partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues, however in the long run, was caught inches quick whereas failing to slip her bat in.
India misplaced the last-four encounter by 5 runs.
“Can’t feel unluckier than this,” Harmanpreet mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony the place she wore black sun shades to keep away from eye contact as she was weak and shedding tears.
“We got the momentum back with Jemi (Rodrigues). To lose from here, we weren’t expecting this,” mentioned Harmanpreet, as she struggled for phrases after the shattering loss.
When the presenter requested why she had tears, the skipper replied, “The way I got run out, (it) can’t be unluckier than that. Putting in the effort was important, and we were happy to go to the last ball. We wanted to fight till the last ball.” Harmanpreet gave credit score to Jemimah for her gutsy present and mentioned that she was happy with the general present.
“Even after losing the first two wickets, we knew we had a good batting line-up. I should give credit to Jemimah, she gave us the momentum. Happy to see some good performances,” she added.
It was one other event the place India did not beat each England and Australia.
“We played some good cricket. Today was something where we wanted to play our natural game. Few of us did that.” On a forgettable fielding effort, Harman defended her group.
“We again gave some easy catches away. When you have to win, you have to take your chances. We can only learn from these (mistakes).” Best win regardless of not enjoying one of the best cricket says Lanning.
Australian skipper Meg Lanning was glad that her group made it to its seventh world T20 ultimate regardless of not enjoying its finest cricket.
“One of the best wins I’ve been involved in, to fight back after not playing the best cricket in all three facets. We missed our lengths and gave some width. India came hard at us, so we knew this score would’ve been hard to defend. But we pulled through in the crunch moments.” Lanning was nervous when Jemimah and Harmanpreet have been on the crease.
“Got nervous a few instances. But we knew enjoying towards these guys, that it is advisable to keep within the sport to recover from the road. Kaur was unlucky. I believe we’re capable of keep calm and composed, we didn’t panic even after we weren’t bowling nicely. These are the sort of video games we need to win. Can’t wait to get right here for the ultimate.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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