The Indian women’s cricket team has made a great comeback in the 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh as they defeated the hosts in the second ODI by 108 runs. The second ODI was played yesterday (19 July 2023) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur and the Indian team performed superbly after having a disappointing run in the first match in which the hosts made a big upset. Now the series is leveled at 1-1 and the final match will be the decider of the series.
In the second ODI, Jemimah Rodrigues played a brilliant knock of 86 runs (78 balls, 9 fours) and helped her team in posting a total of 228/8 on the score board. Harmanpreet Kaur also played a valiant knock of 52 runs (88 balls, 3 fours) despite having pain in her left hand. The Bangladeshi squad was not able to face the bowling attack of team India and the whole team got out for 120 runs. Jemimah Rodrigues was adjudged as the Player of the Match as she took 4 wickets and gave away only 3 runs in her 3.1 overs.
However, a weird incident happened in the post-match presentation as the anchor referred to Harmanpreet Kaur as Jemimah Rodrigues after talking to her and Harmanpreet’s response was quite savage.
As the interview got over, the anchor stated, “Thank you Jemimah” and in response, the Indian skipper said only two words, “Harmanpreet Kaur” after which the anchor corrected himself.
Here is the video clip of the incident which was posted by a user with the caption, “‘Thank you very much, Jemimah and congratulations’ ‘Harmanpreet Kaur, thank you’ mic drop #BANvIND”
“Thank you very much, Jemimah and congratulations”
“Harmanpreet Kaur, thank you”
*mic drop*#BANvIND pic.twitter.com/cbWIkCQW2N
— shreya (@shreyab27) July 19, 2023
Click to watch this video directly on Twitter
The Indian Twitterati got irritated with this incident and they not just slammed the anchor but the broadcasters as well for roping in such ignorant people. Here are some selected reactions:
They called Yastika the vice captain during India's batting innings. The whole broadcast has been shambles – I don't know should we just be grateful ki broadcast was there and let this be Or should we be asking for better quality
— Shinod BM (@Shinod_BM) July 19, 2023
Seriously, how do they get these jobs? 🙄
— Banana Jam (@hand_ofdevil87) July 19, 2023
अरे मुझे बुला लिया होता
मैं तो कम सैलरी में भी अच्छा काम कर लेता.
मुझे सारे खिलाड़ियों के नाम याद हैं.बेरोजगार हूँ.
घर पर बैठकर @INCIndia और @IYC के लिए अपनी ओर से निःस्वार्थ भाव से सोशल मीडिया पर लगा रहता हूँसोचिये, मैं कितनी ईमानदारी से काम कर सकता हूँ🤷🏻♂️🙏 #INDIAvsNDA
— Sahil RG जय हिंद 🇮🇳💕 (@TirupatiRG) July 19, 2023
Fantastic reply and step out boundary by Indian captain. Commentator may loose his job 😂😂
— PRADIP DASGUPTA (@pradag48) July 20, 2023
When we play a 3rd grade cricket nation like Bangladesh,these things are expected
— Sahil (@Im_SVee) July 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/abhaysrivastavv/status/1681888217581207553
How do they become a Presentators without knowing Name of the players 🙏
— England 🏴 (@Charankohli7) July 19, 2023
The third and the final ODI of the series will be played on 22 July 2023 at the same venue and both the nations will try their best to win the match in order to win the series.
