IND vs AUS: Ex-India cricketer slams Harmanpreet Kaur for 'throwing 19-year-old under the bus'
India TV NewsTeam India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur found herself on the receiving end of outrage against her post-match comments after the Women in Blue lost the second T20I against Australia in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, January 7. After losing the toss, the Indian team couldn't stitch partnerships and regular wickets meant that they could muster only 130 runs in their 20 overs, which the world champions chased down in 19 overs, after they were able to stretch the game with a couple of late wickets. In her assessment of the game and the team's bowling performance at the post-match presentation, Harmanpreet said, " we were getting those opportunities and taking wickets in the middle, that's a positive. Former India and Karnataka cricketer Dodda Ganesh was one of many who came down heavily on Harmanpreet for blaming the 21-year-old Shreyanka Patil, who came in to bowl the 19th over with just 15 runs left to win for Australia.