The Indian team suffered a heartbreaking five-runs defeat on Thursday against Australia in the 1st Semi-final of Women’s T20 World Cup 2023.
Harmanpreet Kaur scored a fine half-century while chasing 173 runs. However, disaster struck when the India captain was run out at a crucial juncture of the game after her bat got stuck on the pitch which proved to be the turning point.
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The Indian captain now has broken her silence after the loss and took to Twitter to address the fans and send them an emotional message.
“This is for all our fans across the globe who have supported us throughout this World Cup . I thank you for believing in our journey. I know as a cricket fan it’s sad to see your team loose . All I can say is that we will come back strongly and put a great show out there,” said Kaur on Twitter.
“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,” said Kaur after the match.