Harman put on glasses to hide his tears, but the pain was visible on his face; She said, ‘When my country made me cry…’

India failed in the first semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on Thursday (February 23). Australia women’s team defeated India women’s team by 5 runs. The Indian team was once again disappointed to be defeated in the semi-final match. Earlier, the Indian men’s team suffered a shock defeat against New Zealand in the semi-final match of the 2019 ODI World Cup. Even then, MS Dhoni was run out after scoring a half-century, and lost to India. Now Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was run out after scoring a half-century. Harmanpreet was very emotional after the match. This time she expressed her feelings.

What did Harmanpreet say?
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was very sad after the defeat against Australia. “We couldn’t have been more unlucky,” she said after the match. She called it unfortunate to be run out during the match. It was difficult for Harmanpreet to hold back tears after the defeat. She was wearing black glasses. However, the pain on her face was clearly visible. She also had high fever before this semi-final match. However, she decided to play in this important match and scored a half century. However, her run out turned the tide of the match.

Finest of margins.#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/oU6oTIGx2j

— ICC (@ICC) February 23, 2023

After the match, Harmanpreet said, “I couldn’t have been more unlucky. We got into rhythm with the partnership with Jemima Rodríguez. After the difficult situation we had come out of, we were not expecting to lose. Nothing could have been more unfortunate than the way I ran out.” Speaking further, Harmanpreet said, “We will learn from whatever mistakes we have made. Also, let’s take care not to make these mistakes next time.”

Captain @ImHarmanpreet leading from the front 🫡🫡

Brings up a brilliant FIFTY off 32 deliveries.

Live – https://t.co/fVVsNjFbjU #INDvAUS #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/HD3YFhvhxy

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 23, 2023

India lost the first three wickets for just 28 runs. The wickets of Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia fell early. However, later Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur led India out of trouble. Both of them put on a partnership of 69 runs for the fourth wicket in 6.2 overs. In the 15th over of the match, Harmanpreet was run out trying to get the second run. Her bat was stuck on the pitch, so she couldn’t reach the crease.

Harmanpreet Kaur responds to her crucial dismissal in the #T20WorldCup semi-final 👇https://t.co/FzTTXzahq6

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 23, 2023

Crediting Jemima for her strong performance, Harmanpreet said, “We are happy to have put in such an effort and taken the match to the last over. We wanted to challenge till the last ball. I would like to give a special shout out to Jemima. She gave us an important rhythm.”

Jemima contributed 43 runs off 24 balls in this match. She tried to hit a delivery from Darcy Brown, but was caught in the hands of wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy.

Match review
In this match, Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to bat. At this time, Australia had set up a challenge of 172 runs by losing 4 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs at the Newlands ground in Cape Town. However, the Indian team could only score 167 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Therefore, Australia pocketed this match by 5 runs and entered the final match.

Now the second semi-final match of the tournament will be held on Friday (February 24) at the ground in Cape Town itself. England Women and South Africa Women are facing each other in this match. The team that wins this match will play two hands against Australia in the final. (skipper harmanpreet kaur gets emotional after semifinal loss read here)

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