IND vs ENG, WTest | Twitter slams Harmanpreet's WT20 irresponsible mishap to put India in muddy waters again

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As much as Ian Fleming would have us believe it takes three occurrences to form a pattern, a schoolboy error at the very pinnacle of sports is already a cardinal sin too many. Harmanpreet Kaur failed to learn from her lazy running at the WT20 to fall in the same bizarre fashion again on Thursday.

‌India banked on a formidable showing from the middle-order on Day 1 of the one-off Women's Test at the Wankhede to write off the deficit from two early wickets and go past 400 before Stumps with four wickets still in hand. However, the hosts could have practically established themselves in a near impossible-to-lose position on the day were it not for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur throwing away her wicket in an eerily similar fashion to the viral blunder earlier in the year that had cost India a shot at winning a global title.
Harmanpreet had walked in to bat at 162/3 after debutant Satheesh Shubha's proactive 69 and despite Jemimah Rodrigues following soon after for her knock of 68, the veteran anchored along her team's cause alongside Yastika Bhatia to put India on the front foot again. With the partnership worth 116 and the English women growing frustrated, Harmanpreet knocked a Charlie Dean delivery in the 63rd over to mid-off and attempted to steal a single that would have taken her to a maiden Test fifty. However, Danni Wyatt was quick on her marks to collect the ball and fire it back to the keeper, nipping any ideas of a single in the bud. Little could she have known her deterrent throw would end up spelling Harmanpreet's demise as the batter's willow stuck into the patch while she casually tried to return to her crease while backing up, with the replays confirming no part of her stick was past the sacred white line. Initially unperturbed by the third umpire review, Harmanpreet was visibly distraught and hung her head in shame as she prepared to walk off even as Yastika tried to console her.
In the World T20 2023 semi-final, Harmanpreet had been similarly caught off-guard by Australia when well-set on a rapid 52 and the team requiring just 40 odd from more than five overs, with her wicket triggering an Indian collapse and costing them a winning game. Twitterati was thus unsurprisingly quick to criticize the Women in Blue skipper for her callous attitude at the crease.

Once moreeeeee :O

Bizzare run out!

Why does it happen only with her!

That's sick!

Wasn't it lazy?

Good for oppositions with such walk backs!

Can't watch this!

This gives us pain!

Voh ek habbit hi hmara!

Uffff!

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