India captain Harmanpreet Kaur pens emotional message to fans after Women’s T20 World Cup exit

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has penned an emotional message to the fans after the team’s exit from the Women’s T20 World Cup in the semi-final stages to Australia.

The Indian team suffered a heartbreaking five-run loss on Thursday as they fell to the mighty Australians once again in the competition. India looked to be cruising at one point while chasing the target of 173, with Kaur scoring a fine fifty.

However, disaster struck when the India captain was run out at a crucial juncture of the game after her bat got stuck on the pitch while she was attempting the second run.

This proved to be the turning point as the Aussies came back into the contest and ended up going into the final of the World Cup.

Kaur has now broken her silence after the loss and took to Twitter to address the fans and send them an emotional message. The India captain thanked the fans first in her message and said it must have been sad to see the team lose.

Kaur further commented that the team would come back strongly after the heartbreaking loss and put on a great show on the field.

“This is for all our fans across the globe who have supported us throughout this World Cup . I thank you for believing in our journey. I know as a cricket fan it’s sad to see your team loose . All I can say is that we will come back strongly and put a great show out there,” said Kaur on Twitter.

After the match, Kaur had said that India could have won the semi-final with an over to spare if she was there till the end.

“If my bat didn’t get stuck, that run would have easily happened. If I had stayed till the last moment, the game would have finished an over before given the momentum we had. But even after that, Deepti Sharma was there, Richa Ghosh was there. I had belief that they could get the job done. If you have seen the matches till now, Richa had batted brilliantly. But after my dismissal, there were seven or eight dot balls and that was the turning point of the match. Otherwise, we had good momentum and things were going well,” said Kaur.