Indian T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur praised Indian ODI skipper Mithali Raj’s contribution to women’s cricket. She also added that there is no comparison at all.
Talking about the controversy that shook the world in 2018, Kaur said that it was due to some people whom she didn’t want to name and added that all is well between them.
For the uninitiated, Mithali Raj slammed Ramesh Powar, Diana Edulji for the bias in the selection of the team ahead of the semi final which India lost.
“There were such people, it’s not the right platform to take the names. Because they are the biggies, some very big cricketers. When a team reaches certain stature, such things happen. Mithali Di is a lot senior to me. I haven’t played half the amount of cricket she has played. She has been playing cricket for 20 years, there’s no comparison between her and me,” Harmanpreet told Harsha Bhogle in a conversation with Cricbuzz.
“I do not want to compare myself to her as I know that what she has given to women’s cricket, I would not have been able to contribute that even if I started playing cricket when she did. She has been contributing from a time when there was nothing for India’s women’s cricket. I started performing when I had a ready platform. Both of us never let any incident affect the team’s bonding.
Harmanpreet added that she did not see the Mithali’s social media post against the coach and it was brought to her notice by her team-mates.
“I am a very easy going person. A lot of things happen, but you have to ignore them. For example, while I had permission from my parents to go out and play while growing up, others objected to me playing with boys. My father told me from Day 1 to not focus on anything which I did not like.
“I am not active on social media so I don’t read much into what’s going around. As you pointed out that the manager’s post, I wasn’t even aware of it, it was shown to me by my team-mates. I told them to ignore it as when it did not bother me, it should not have bothered them,” Harmanpreet added.
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