Former Pakistan captain and famend all-rounder, Shahid Afridi, had some sturdy phrases for Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian girls’s cricket workforce, relating to her behaviour within the third ODI match in opposition to Bangladesh girls’s workforce.

For the uninitiated, Harmanpreet Kaur misplaced her composure through the decisive ODI match in opposition to Bangladesh Ladies, venting her frustration by hitting the stumps in anger following her dismissal. Even within the post-match ceremony, she made inappropriate remarks focusing on the Bangladesh workforce and the umpires.

Shahid Afridi weighed in on the incident, stating that Harmanpreet Kaur’s actions had been unprofessional and never in step with the spirit of the sport. He additionally added that such behaviour is comparatively unusual in girls’s cricket.

“This isn’t solely about India; we’ve seen this stuff up to now as properly. We don’t see this typically in girls’s cricket, this was manner an excessive amount of. It was a big occasion beneath ICC. Setting an instance with punishment is crucial for the long run. Managed aggression in cricket is suitable, however this was a bit an excessive amount of,” Afridi instructed Samaa TV.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s actions have led to her amassing 4 demerit factors, resulting in a two-match suspension from worldwide cricket. Since there are not any scheduled collection for the Indian workforce earlier than the Asian Video games in September, it’s extremely seemingly that she’s going to miss two video games through the Asian Video games 2023 in Hangzhou.