Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj meet to iron out differences
Cricket | December 05, 2018 16:01 ISTIn her recent email skipper Harmanpreet backed former coach Ramesh Powar who has been targeted by Mithali over her exclusion from the squad.
In her recent email skipper Harmanpreet backed former coach Ramesh Powar who has been targeted by Mithali over her exclusion from the squad.
On Monday, things became more dramatic with Harmanpreet throwing her weight behind the former spinner.
It is understood that the BCCI doesn't want a repeat of the kind of bickering witnessed between Powar and star player Mithali following the Indian team's semifinal exit from the ICC Women's World T20 in the West Indies.
Powar said the decision to push her down the order was taken after due consultation with her but still led to a furore.
The 35-year-old Mithali was left out of the World T20 semifinal against England that raised quite a few eyebrows after India's eight-wicket loss.
The seniormost batswoman of the Indian team, in a scathing e-mail to Johri and Karim, alleged that Powar humiliated her during the World T20 in the West Indies.
En route to the semifinals, Harmanpreet Kaur's side also hammered three-time former champions Australia in its last pool match.
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That Pakistan lost by a comprehensive 52-run margin to Australia in their lung opener will also give India an upper hand during Sunday's encounter.
The severe cramps hampered her running between the wickets as she came up with a different plan.
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Poonam Yadav (3-23) Pooja Vastrakar (2-21) and Anuja Patil (2-26) emerged as the star bowlers for the hosts.
Sri Lanka were all out for 105 in 17.4 overs with leg-spinner Poonam Yadav being the pick of the bowlers with 3/18 in 4 overs.
With the second T20 being washed out, India have now taken a 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
India now enjoy an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series with the second encounter being a washout.
In T20s, Goswami fared poorly in the Women's T20 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur where the 35-year old returned with one wicket from four matches.
Powar's term will include the tour to Sri Lanka in September, a bilateral series in West Indies in October followed by the ICC Women's World T20 in West Indies in November.
The selection committee named 13 players each in India Blue, India Red and India Green team.
Under his stint, the team reached the final of the ICC Women's World Cup in 2017 and won the three-match ODI series and five-match T20I series in South Africa.
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