‘I don’t need my nation to see my crying’: Harmanpreet Kaur on carrying sun shades

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was distraught after they slumped to a five-run loss towards Australia within the semifinal of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday.

In the post-match presentation, an emotional Harmanpreet wore glasses to cover her tears.

“I don’t want my country to see my crying, hence I am wearing these glasses, I promise, we will improve and won’t let out nation down like this again,” Harmanpreet instructed the broadcasters.

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 the effort was important and we were happy to go to the last ball. We wanted to fight till the last ball.”

The Indian captain additionally cursed her poor luck for a freak run-out that led to a different heartbreaking knock-out defeat

“Can’t feel unluckier than this. We got the momentum back with Jemi (Rodrigues). To lose from here, we weren’t expecting this,” stated Harmanpreet as she struggled for phrases after the shattering loss,” she stated.

We performed some good cricket. Today was one thing the place we wished to play our pure recreation. 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).”