Mithali Raj’s manager hits out at ‘manipulative’ Harmanpreet

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s decision to bench an in-form Mithali Raj in the crucial ICC World T20 semi-final against England, which the Women in Blue lost by 8 wickets, refused to take backseat, with Mithali’s manager lashing out at skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. The former captain’s manager Annisha Gupta called Harmanpreet a “manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain” and further went on to say that the women’s team believed in “politics not sport”.

“Unfortunately @BCCIWomen believes in politics not sport. After witnessing what @M_Raj03 ‘s experience could do in Ind v Ire it’s shocking that they went with what pleases @ImHarmanpreet -a manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain,” Annisha’s tweet read. Annisha’s reaction came after Harmanpreet had said in the post-match presentation on Friday that she had “no regrets” in leaving out Mithali from the playing XI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium at North Sound in Antigua.

Annisha, however, later deleted the unverified Twitter handle, but took ownership of the tweets and defended her criticism by saying it came “from the right place”. “I’d like to say that I don’t know what is going on on the inside but, now that the matches are being telecast, we can see who is performing and who is not,” Annisha told.