Things were going as smooth as can be for the Indian women’s cricket team after they qualified to the final of the 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. The Indian fans got the testimony that the Indian female cricketers are as good as their male counterparts, and all of a sudden, names like Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur became the household names. However, one bad incident during the World T20 in 2018 almost destroyed everything for them, but now, after a long silence, Kaur has stated that they have moved on.

It was on 20th July of 2017 when Indian women’s team outplayed the mighty Aussies, Harmanpreet smashed the headline with her mind-blowing knock of 171 from 115 deliveries and even Mithali was applauded for her excellent captaincy. But in another semi-final of another ICC event a year later, Kaur was the skipper and she left the veteran Raj out of the team. India lost the game by 8 wickets against England and that sparked a nationwide controversy as Raj also gave her side of the story. 

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Now, around a month and a half later, Kaur has confirmed that she and Raj have moved on. Talking to India Today, she said, “I have met (with Raj) and spoken to her after all these events and we seemed to have moved on. I don’t think there has been any problem between me and Mithali. I can speak for myself. You have to speak to her and ask if she has a problem with me.”

Harman also said that no player is bigger than the team. She still feels that the situation should not have come to this but sometimes such things happen. But everyone has their personal views and she won’t comment on that.

After knowing Mithali Raj’s side, all harsh comments were directed towards Ramesh Powar, the then coach of the Indian women’s team. Harmanpreet opened up about the influence of the former Indian skipper in their team by saying, “Earlier our team was too dependent on senior players. The thinking was that the senior players had to take all the workload. But during the recent ICC T20 World Cup, coach Ramesh Powar told all of us that each and every player in the team is not only equal but equally important.”