‘Disenchanted’ Harmanpreet Kaur slams ‘pathetic umpiring’
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur minimize a annoyed determine after the series decider in opposition to Bangladesh, taking purpose on the umpires for what she felt have been quite a few poor selections.
Harmanpreet mentioned that India have been in management within the chase of 226, however “pathetic umpiring decisions” left them disillusioned as the sport finally led to a tie.
Harmanpreet herself was left fuming after her dismissal within the first innings, as she was given out caught at slip whereas making an attempt to brush. She reacted to the wicket by smashing the stumps along with her bat, and having a heated change with the umpire Tanvir Ahmed.
“A lot of learning from this game. Even apart from the cricket, the type of umpiring that was happening there, we were very surprised,” Harmanpreet mentioned. “The next time whenever we are coming to Bangladesh, we’ll have to make sure we have to deal with this this kind of umpiring and accordingly we’ll have to prepare ourselves.
“They [Bangladesh] batted rather well, batted based on the state of affairs. They have been taking these singles which have been very essential. In between we leaked just a few runs however after we have been batting, we managed the sport very properly however as I discussed earlier some pathetic umpiring was accomplished and we’re actually disillusioned about some selections given by the umpires.”
On Saturday, Yastika Bhatia’s dismissal was the first major flashpoint. Yastika was given out lbw, but stood her ground and stared at the umpire before eventually dragging herself off the field.
After Meghna Singh, the final Indian batter, was given out caught behind with the scores tied, she began to stroll off the pitch, earlier than pausing and pointing on the course of the umpires.