India captain Harmanpreet Kaur fined 75 per cent of her match fee for her misconduct during Bangladesh series: Reports

Indian women’s cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was given a penalty of 75% of her match fees following her conduct after playing the third ODI match against Bangladesh at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Notably, Indian batter Harmanpreet was adjudged out for LBW by umpire Tanvir Ahmed. Following that, the 34-year-old batter seemed so disappointed and angered by the LBW decision that she voluntarily took her bat to hit the stumps and got involved in a furious argument with the umpire before going back to the pavilion.

Notably, as the three-match series was previously tied at one game for each, the last game was the deciding match. Earlier, Bangladesh batted first and posted a score of 225 runs on the board. Meanwhile, the opening batter, Fargana Hoque, accomplished her first ODI hundred for Bangladesh.

Later, while chasing, Indian batters Smriti Mandhana and Harleen Deol both struck half-centuries for India, but neither one of them could manage to sustain their places. Following this, the visitors were all dismissed for 225 runs, resulting in a series tie.

Some pathetic umpiring was done: Harmanpreet Kaur

“A lot of learning from this game. Even apart from the cricket, the type of umpiring that was happening there, we were very surprised. The next time whenever we are coming to Bangladesh, we’ll have to make sure we have to deal with this kind of umpiring and accordingly, we’ll have to prepare ourselves. But, as I mentioned earlier, some pathetic umpiring was done, and we are really disappointed about some decisions given by the umpires,” skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said during the post-match Presentation.

She could have shown better manners: Sultana

Following the photo session while sharing the trophy, the Indian captain lost her cool and started mocking Bangladesh captain Sultana after she called umpires in that photo session. On top of that, the host skipper and her players abruptly left the picture session shortly after that incident, which produced a terrible impression of the Indian skipper.

“It is totally her problem. I have nothing to do with it. As a player, she could have shown better manners. I can‘t tell you what happened, but it didn’t feel right to be there (for the photograph) with my team. It wasn‘t the right environment. That’s why we went back. Cricket is a game of discipline and respect,” Bangladesh skipper Sultana said.