Indian women’s cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur cut a frustrated figure after their series decider against Bangladesh, taking aim at the umpires for what she felt were numerous poor decisions in the third and final ODI yesterday.
Harmanpreet said that India were in control in the chase of 226, but “pathetic umpiring decisions” left them disappointed as the game eventually ended in a tie.
Harmanpreet’s displeasure with the umpiring was clear when she was given out caught at slip while trying to sweep. She reacted by smashing the stumps with her bat before having a heated exchange with the umpire Tanvir Ahmed.
“Even apart from the cricket, the type of umpiring that was happening there, we were very surprised,” Harmanpreet said.
“The next time whenever we are coming to Bangladesh, we’ll have to make sure we have to deal with this kind of umpiring.”
(cricinfo)