Women’s T20 World Cup: Could have gained semi-final if i had stayed until finish, says Harmanpreet Kaur

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur stated that if she had stayed until the top, they might have gained the semi-final towards Australia on Thursday with an over to spare. Kaur was dismissed by way of an unlucky run out.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 24, 2023 09:42 IST

Kaur was in effective type until her run out occurred (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Sports Desk: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur feels that had she stayed until the top, they might have gained the semi-final towards Australia with an over to spare on Thursday.

India as soon as once more stumbled in entrance of Australia as they misplaced the match by 5 runs regardless of trying to be on the right track for victory at one level. Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues introduced the momentum in favour of India with partnership.

However, catastrophe struck when Kaur was run out within the fifteenth over and India misplaced their approach and exited the match.

Speaking on the press convention, the India skipper stated that had she stayed until the final second they might have gained the sport with an over to spare.

Kaur stated that the dot balls that adopted after her dismissal had been one of many turning factors of the sport.

“If my bat didn’t get stuck, that run would have easily happened. If I had stayed till the last moment, the game would have finished an over before given the momentum we had. But even after that, Deepti Sharma was there, Richa Ghosh was there. I had belief that they could get the job done. If you have seen the matches till now, Richa had batted brilliantly. But after my dismissal, there were seven or eight dot balls and that was the turning point of the match. Otherwise, we had good momentum and things were going well,” stated Kaur.

Kaur went on to say that her run out was the turning level of the match in the long run.

“When me and Jemimah had the partnership, the talk we had was to stay positive and convert the loose balls into boundaries. We needed eight runs off an over from the beginning, so we had that in mind while we were batting. I was getting a good response from Jemimah and she was looking very positive. It feels good when your partner is giving a positive response and you get to learn a lot from the non-striker’s end. The partnership did give us some momentum and we wanted to continue it. But, my run out was a turning point. Otherwise, we were in the hunt because in our mind, if we were able to keep them around 170, we had the batting lineup to chase the score down. The match’s turning point was my run out, as it was going in favour at that moment,” stated Kaur.

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Feb 24, 2023