New Delhi: India lost the semi-finals against Australia by 5 runs, which was the result of the difference in fielding between the two teams and some unfortunate run-outs for India. Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored a fifty, could not take her team to the finals after getting a runout on 52(34) at a crucial moment. Her runout was a combination of near to perfect throw by Ashleigh Gardner and her bat getting stuck in the grass on the turf.
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India lost a match that looked winnable after the efforts of Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet. This led to some furious people leveling a match-fixing charge at the Indian captain, which is really unfortunate as the game will remember her as a skipper who spent the morning in hospital and came back to lead her side in a cracking fashion.
Match fixing #T20WorldCup #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/gx5xDiVeWI
— DRoe ???? (@O15666) February 24, 2023
Bcci woman se mera anurodh hai ki harmanpreet kor se captani ke pad se hata diya jay or ye match 100%fix tha iska jach honi chayea har Jeet to kheal ka hissa hai magar jis tra aaj ka match hara isse pata chalta hai ki fixing match hai https://t.co/fK2Rfh9gwX
— Kishan Tanti (@KishanT38324600) February 23, 2023
These trolls were met with a befitting reply from ex-cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra, who explained the incident of the runout and asked the netizens to stop abusing the players. In one of his tweets, he called a troll a ‘lowlife’ and questioned his upbringing, while in another one he said that most of the people abusing the Indian team did not even know that there was a World Cup happening in South Africa.
Her bat got stuck in the grass…she was trying to drag it only. Very unfortunate. https://t.co/9jmCyrJdi1
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 23, 2023
You should be ashamed of yourself. Lowlife. I’m sure you’ll find enough company on this platform. But you and your upbringing is questionable. ? https://t.co/l5XC35ezyh
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 23, 2023
90% of people hurling abuses at the Indian women’s team for the loss to Australia didn’t even know that there was a World Cup happening in SA. Till today. Don’t know names of half the players. Harmanpreet Kaur was a doubtful starter for the finals with fever for the last two days
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 23, 2023
In the game, Australia posted 172 after stunning batting efforts from Beth Mooney, who scored a fifty and Meg Lanning who gave the finish with her 49* off 34. Ashleigh Gardner played the cameo required to shift the gears and scored 31 off 18. Dropped catches and missed stumping by Richa Ghosh and Shafali Verma cost India the game.
After India lost the top order quickly, Jemimah and Harman laid a 69-run stand where they maintained a run rate above nine and put the Aussies under pressure. Jemimah scored a stunning 43 off 24 with just two dot balls in her inning. Eventually, after Harmanpreet’s wicket, Darcie Brown and the Aussie bowling unit came out victorious.
