"Throwing 19-Year-Old Under The Bus...": Ex-India Star Criticises Harmanpreet Kaur's Comments After Loss vs Australia

The Indian women's cricket team gave its all in the second T20I against Australia on Sunday but lost the match. Deepti Sharma's all-round effort went in vain as Australia cantered to a six-wicket win against India in the second women's T20 to level the three-match series here on Sunday. After India's frontline batters cut a sorry figure squandering starts, Deepti made a vital 31 to push the team's total to 130/8. She then produced a fine spell of 4-0-22-2 to delight a nearly-packed house here at the DY Patil Stadium, but India just did not have enough on the board to challenge Australia.

With 15 needed to win off 12 balls, Phoebe Litchfield (18 not out off 12 balls, 3x4s) struck two fours in first three balls of the penultimate over from Shreyanka Patil to dash India's hopes. Playing her 300th international game across formats, the legendary Ellyse Perry celebrated the feat with a fine knock of 34 not out (21 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s) and took Australia over the line with a six to win the game.

After the match, former India men's cricket team star Dodda Ganesh's post on India captain Harmanpreet Kaur post-match comments went viral. "Throwing a 19yo kid under the bus is not done #INDvAUS," Ganesh, who played four Tests and one ODI, wrote on X.

He was commenting on another X post which quotes Harmanpreet as saying: "In 19th over, if Shreyanka was on target, it would have made a huge difference for us."

Throwing a 19yo kid under the bus is not done #INDvAUS https://t.co/01JuaxJLxG

Talking about the matches, Australia knocked off 47 runs from the target in the powerplay with both Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy (26) facing no difficulties against the Indian bowlers.

But Patil took a spectacular diving catch to help get rid of Healy in