IND-W vs NZ-W: Ravichandran Ashwin questions controversial run-out that triggered Harmanpreet Kaur’s outburst, later deletes post

New Delhi: India’s disappointing start contained in the Women folk’s T20 World Cup 2024 saw them suffer a fifty eight-run defeat to New Zealand in Dubai, with the Blackcaps posting 100 sixty/four, led by Sophie Devine’s unbeaten 57, while India changed into bowled out for 102, despite a controversial run-out decision that sparked a heated debate between skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and the umpires.

The drama unfolded on the last delivery of the 14th over when Amelia Kerr hit the ball to long-off, attempted a 2d run despite Harmanpreet Kaur thinking that the ball changed into dead. The umpire returned the cap to Sharma when Kerr changed into run out before she may possibly complete the double, and declared the pinnacle of play.

Despite India’s appeal for a run-out and Kerr origin to walk back to the dugout, the umpires ruled that the ball changed into dead, rendering the run-out invalid.

The incident began to achieve increased attention as more people questioned the legitimacy of the foundations, and veteran all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin voiced his concerns over X, soon to be often is named Twitter, which later deleted.

“The over changed into also is named before the origin of the 2d run. Whose fault is this genuinely? @prithinarayanan,” Ashwin wrote before deleting his post.

After the defeat, Harmanpreet acknowledged that her team didn't deliver their best performance contained in the outlet game and expressed a commitment to making improvements to contained in the upcoming matches.

“We didn’t play our greatest cricket this day. Going forward we should think what areas we should improve. Every game now's important and we should play our greatest cricket. We created chances, it’s not like that we didn’t create. They played better cricket than us, absolute self belief about that,” Harmanpreet said after the match.

“That's such a high stage where you is additionally ready to’t make these mistakes. We have chased 100 sixty-a hundred and seventy time and again. But on that pitch .. it changed into 10-15 runs too many. At one stage, the way wherein they started, I was once thinking it would well be 180. This wasn’t the origin we were observing for (in this tournament),” she added.