Smriti Mandhana bats for having neutral umpires after controversy mars IND-W vs BAN-W third ODI

Harmanpreet Kaur might need gone ballistic however India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was extra tempered in her criticism of Bangladeshi umpires Muhammad Kamruzzaman and Tanvir Ahmed after the third ODI on Saturday was tied with some debatable selections coming underneath the scanner.

Both groups have been locked at equivalent rating of 225 and the sequence resulted in a 1-1 draw.

Skipper Kaur courted controversy after she was adjudged leg-before off a Nahida Akter supply whereas making an attempt to comb. She claimed that the ball hit the bat earlier than hitting the pads. She broke the stumps in disgust and termed the umpiring “pathetic” within the post-match presentation.

“What did you think?” Mandhana shot again when questioned in regards to the umpiring.

“In any match, sometimes it happens that you are not really happy with the kind of… especially when there is no DRS in the series this time,” Mandhana stated.

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“We expect a little better level — I would term it in a better way that, better level of umpiring in terms of some decisions, because it was very evident in some decisions, there was not even a second thought given if the ball hit the pad. Not even one-second thought was given and the finger went up,” Mandhana added.

She hoped having impartial umpires can be the way in which ahead.

“I am sure that ICC (International Cricket Council), the BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) and the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will definitely have a discussion on that, maybe we have a neutral umpiring system so that we do not sit here having this discussion, maybe we can focus on cricket and cricket-oriented questions,” she stated.

Talking about Kaur’s actions being opposite to the ‘spirit of cricket’, Mandhana stated that can be a dialogue for one more day.

“What happened in the middle is part and parcel of the game. We have seen these incidents so much in the past in men’s cricket,” Mandhana stated.

“When you play for India, you want to win the match. It happens in the heat of the moment, but I think she was not really happy with the decision given (against her). She was given out and she felt that she was not out,” she added.

“When you want to win so badly, I think the spirit of the game and all those things, definitely we can talk about later. But knowing Harman as a person, knowing how much she wants to win for India, from the spirit of the game (perspective) that it is (wrong), but yeah, when you really want that ‘W’ on the board for India, these things happen.”