Harmanpreet Kaur responds to Nasser Hussain's comment regarding her run-out: Do not assume that the schoolgirl made a mistake.

 Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of India, was taken aback by Nasser Hussain's remark that she made a schoolgirl mistake after being run out during Thursday's Women's T20 World Cup semifinal match against Australia at Newlands. The Indian captain, who was suffering from a high fever and dehydration, scored a lovely fifty and had a brilliant partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues before being caught just inches short of the stumps while attempting to slide her bat in.

Harmanpreet raced for a double as India needed to score 41 runs in 33 balls to win. Her bat got jammed midway through the second run, though, and up to that point, Australian wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy had disturbed the stumps. Beyond furious, Harmanpreet was with herself. The Indian captain felt she was unlucky because she thought that if she had waited till the end, they would have won the game with one over remaining; however, Nasser Hussain, a former England captain, referred to the skipper's mistake as a "schoolgirl error."

Naseer stated that? Post-match? Okay. That's just his way of reasoning, I guess, but it does happen occasionally. When players are taking a single like that in cricket, I have frequently observed that the bat becomes stuck. Naturally, I'll assume it means today was a bad day for us. To advance to the playoffs, we still need to make some improvements. Without a doubt, we didn't bowl consistently well, defend well, or bat well. To be eligible to advance to the playoffs, you must perform well across the board.

The Asian heavyweights were defeated by 5 runs in the semifinal game after Harmanpreet and company could only muster 10 runs off the final over. After taking two wickets and hitting 31 runs off of 18 balls, Ashleigh Gardner was selected as the game's Player of the Match.

"I believe it was poor luck, but I do not believe a schoolgirl was to blame. Whatever he said, that is his way of thinking; we are old enough, we play world cricket. It wasn't like that, in my opinion "Added she.

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