New Delhi: Indian girls misplaced an in depth recreation within the semi-finals of the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup as Australia has marched into one more last. Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues put up a present with their bat and whereas they have been batting, the strain was on the Aussies. The cricket fraternity, together with former Indian cricketers, reacted to the sport, sympathised with the gamers and lauded the efforts.
BCCI secretary, who was additionally current on the stadium, referred to as the gamers ‘true warriors’ and wrote that he’s pleased with them.
A troublesome loss for @BCCIWomen towards Australia within the #ICCWomensT20WorldCup, however we couldn’t be prouder of our women for his or her spirit on the sphere. The crew gave it their all & confirmed that they’re true warriors. We stand with you, Ladies in Blue! #INDWvsAUSW
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) February 23, 2023
Former Indian captain Anjum Chopra, who was within the commentary field, got here to hug Harmanpreet Kaur and shared a ‘player-to-player’ second together with her. In the meantime, lately retired Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami additionally referred to as the loss a ‘arduous tablet to swallow’.
A valiant effort Ladies. A tough tablet to swallow particularly after getting so shut. Pleased with the trouble @ImHarmanpreet @BCCIWomen #INDWvsAUSW #T20WorldCup
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10) February 23, 2023
Virender Sehwag shared his grief about Harmanpreet’s unlucky runout, which reminded everybody of MS Dhoni’s runout within the 2019 World Cup semis.
Match winner on the crease and Run out in a semi-final. Now we have had this heartbreak earlier than. Unhappy to see India out. Have been working away with the sport however Australia proved once more why they’re a v tough facet to beat. Properly tried women #INDWvAUSW pic.twitter.com/wNsVc3vb2D
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 23, 2023
Indian batter Shikhar Dhawan additionally stood by the ladies in blue.
It was so shut but up to now. Wonderful effort by the women in blue! #IndVsAus 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/E1nQLPEz7l
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) February 23, 2023
Akash Chopra shared a tweet calling it “heartbreaking” and was additionally seen giving befitting replies to the trolls spreading hate after the match.
That’s heartbreaking 💔 #AusvInd #T20WorldCup
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 23, 2023
90% of individuals hurling abuses on the Indian girls’s crew for the loss to Australia didn’t even know that there was a World Cup occurring in SA. Until as we speak. Don’t know names of half the gamers. Harmanpreet Kaur was a uncertain starter for the finals with fever for the final two days
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 23, 2023
Within the recreation, Australia managed a large complete of 172 after Beth Mooney scored a fifty and Meg Lanning gave a end together with her 49* off 34. Ashleigh Gardner was the one which modified the momentum with a cameo of 31 off 18. India’s dropped catches, missed stumping and misfields finally value them the sport.
India misplaced the highest order shortly however Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues performed with intent, mentioning boundaries and rotating the strike. Jemimah scored 43 off simply 24 balls and her inning featured a complete of solely two dot balls. Harmanpreet continued in the identical trend earlier than she was run out at 52(34). Australia stole the misplaced recreation with wonderful bowling by Darcie Brown and fielding efforts by Ellyse Perry.