Anjum Chopra’s Gesture As Harmanpreet Kaur Cries Inconsolably After India’s T20 World Cup Heartbreak. Watch

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was distraught after her aspect narrowly misplaced out to Australia within the semi-final of the continuing Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday. Harmanpreet’s weird run out was the speaking level of the match because it proved to be a game-changer. During the post-match presentation, an emotional Harmanpreet wore glasses to cover her tears. She later needed to be consoled by former India participant Anjum Chopra, who went on to hug Harmanpreet. On being requested concerning the incident and her gesture for Harmanpreet, Anjum mentioned she was simply attempting to “lessen the sorrow”

“My intention was to give the captain some empathy because that’s all I can offer from the outside. It was an emotional moment for both of us. India have reached the semi-finals a lot of times and they have lost. This is not the first time I’ve seen Harmanpreet bat like this. I have seen her battling her injuries and health Today she might not have even played but because this was a World Cup semi-final and because she was Harmanpreet Kaur,” Anjum mentioned in a video shared by ICC.

“She is not the one who takes a backward step; she will go forward and a backward step, she will go forward and she did that. Today, before the match started, she was able to bring herself to a situation where she can play. She ran around in the field for 20 overs and then while batting, she rekindled India’s hopes. Of course, Jemimah Rodrigues also played her part. I can understand what Harmanpreet Kaur must be going through. It was a player-to-player moment with her. I was just trying to lessen her sorrow,” she added.

In the ultimate, Australia posted an enormous whole of 172/4 in 20 overs after Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning smashed 54 and 49* runs respectively.

Later, Team India misplaced three wickets inside 4 overs however Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues introduced a ray of hope for his or her aspect.

However, India fell quick by 5 runs and Australia reached into their seventh straight last within the historical past of the Women’s T20 World Cups.

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