India Women cricket legend Mithali Raj has had an illustrious career since making her debut in 1999, but she was also involved in a major controversy involving former women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar during the 2018 ICC Women's World T20 in West Indies.
However, the current India Women ODI captain would certainly never want to remember it again when she was dropped from T20 World Cup semifinal XI against England, which India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, went on to lose and even might be she is yet to get over her controversial omission.
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Mithali had accused Powar of bias and discrimination, as she was left in tears after the axing from the team as well as being humiliated by the former head coach during the tournament.
Well, Mithali recently recalled the World T20 semifinal in Antigua, saying she was “disappointed” at not being given a chance in the semifinal despite being India's leading run-scorer in the format.
Mithali said on Star Sports 1 Telugu show ‘Girl Power – Sarileru Manakevaru’: “Honestly, I was quite disappointed that I couldn’t play. But it is something that has happened with every player. I am not the first person with whom this has happened. It is about the team composition and maybe captain and coach felt that they had a better player to feed into the eleven.”
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She added, “But I always had hopes that if we win that match, I may have the chance in final, I will be able to contribute, and we have a better chance to win the Cup. That was my intention of reaching out to the players in the huddle to pep them up, ‘give your best you, might not get such chances time and again.”
On her biopic in which Tapsee Pannu essays her role, she said: “She is very lively, talkative and she has the spunk. I said, ‘Give me some time, let me get comfortable, I will help you out.”
Mithali signed off, “Acting is your profession. It will come naturally. What you have to learn is the cover drive. People will relate your cover drive with my cover drive. So, that is something you have to work hard. Tapsee said I gave her stress by mentioning this, but I asked her to better bat properly.”
(With Star Sports Inputs)
