Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy had called out Harmanpreet and said that if she had put in more effort in that run, she would have easily made it.
You could say you’ve been unlucky your whole life, but it’s generally about effort at that point in time, and that’s something we talk about in the field in particular, in putting in that effort and energy – and I think that comes back to running between wickets as well, Healy said after the semi-final.
Now that Australia has been crowned champions, another member of the Australian team has dismissed Harmanpreet’s claims and labelled one of his statements as bulls**t.
Harmanpreet had told reporters that Australia were under the pump at one point when she and Jemimah Rodrigues were flying and India looked set to take the lead.
However, Australian pacer Megan Schutt stated that this was not the case, and that it was her team’s method of dealing with pressure by not panicking.
Harman stated that our body language was poor. That is complete nonsense. We’re just staying calm. We don’t freak out, and we don’t lash out at each other if there’s a misfield or a dropped catch.
That’s where we shine as a group. We’re a team first and foremost, and we know that getting angry about it won’t help. So it was a team effort, Schutt was quoted by Cricbuzz as saying.
The Aussies are constantly targeting Harmanpreet because she has been outstanding against them in big games. Although Harmanpreet did not lead her team to victory in the T20 World Cup semi-final, her innings sent shivers down the Australian camp.
