Updated On: 25 July, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Former India captain Diana Edulji slams skipper Harmanpreet for poor behaviour during and after tied Mirpur ODI against Bangladesh; S Madan Lal wants BCCI to take disciplinary action on star batter

Harmanpreet Kaur. Pic/Getty Images
Although the International Cricket Council (ICC) has yet to release a statement and reveal the kind of punishment India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur will cop for her poor behaviour in Mirpur, Bangladesh, on Saturday, she could make history in the most inauspicious way. “Harmanpreet is in danger of becoming the first woman cricketer to be found guilty of a Level 2 breach of the ICC code of conduct, which deals with player behaviour,” said an ESPNCricinfo report on Monday.
The star Indian batswoman could be the first woman player to be banned for two matches after her outburst at the post-match presentation, where she allegedly told the Bangladeshi players that the umpires ought to be on stage too for their ‘performance.’ Hearing this, Bangladeshi skipper Nigar Sultana took her team back to the dressing room. Harmanpreet felt she had been subjected to a bad decision and deemed the umpiring “pathetic” after the deciding third ODI ended in a tie.