Nigar Sultana (L) and Harmanpreet Kaur© Twitter
Indian girls’s cricket crew skipper Harmanpreet Kaur‘s competitive behaviour right through and upcoming the 3rd ODI contest in opposition to Bangladesh has led to a immense controversy. Harmanpreet used to be no longer proud of the extent of umpiring right through the contest and he or she made her emotions rather cloudless right through the post-match presentation rite. She stated that the umpiring used to be no longer on top of things or even took a canny dig on the contest officers. Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana used to be no longer proud of how issues spread out upcoming the contest and he or she had a blunt tackle Harmanpreet and her movements. Nigar even walked out of the trophy rite.
“We expected appreciation from them and some words of encouragement which would have motivated our players,” Sultana advised The Daily Star.
“But what they did certainly does not leave a good message. The two teams were standing for the photo session and there was no point saying such a thing in front of the players as they could complain to the match referee according to the rules. Obviously, it felt bad when they were not showing respect. So, I felt there was no point in standing there as I respect my teammates and I can’t accept that,” she added.
The incident led to Harmanpreet receiving main grievance from ex-cricketers and the World Cricket Council postponing her for 2 ODIs as punishment for her movements.
“Cricket is a game of discipline and most importantly, whatever we do inspires others. So, we won’t do anything that gives a bad message to the others who look up to us. As for the captain of India, whatever happened during the game — whether it was losing temper or showing frustration — was normal but it was not right to carry that even after the game. We could have lost the game but in the end, we played better cricket and tied the match,” she concluded.
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