'Ab ek notice aayega 100% match fees cut hone ka' - Fans react as India women skipper Harmanpreet Kaur calls out umpiring standards after 3rd ODI against Bangladesh

The thrilling tie in the third and last of the three-match ODI series between India Women and Bangladesh Women ended up drawing a lot of controversies. The visitors’ skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came up with a shocking and big statement when she called out the umpiring standards during the series against Bangladesh.

“I think a lot of learning for us from the game. Even apart from the cricket, the kind of umpiring that was happening we were very surprised. The next time we come to Bangladesh we will make sure we have to deal with this type of umpiring and prepare ourselves accordingly,” said Harmanpreet Kaur during the post-match presentation,” said Harmanpreet Kaur during the post-match presentation.

This frustration and disappointment of Harmanpreet Kaur drew a lot of reactions from cricket fans on social media. Fans took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and came up with different reactions and remarks on Kaur’s anger over the umpires’ decision in the last ODI of the series against Bangladesh.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Ab ek notice aayega 100% match fees cut hone ka

— DRØNZER (@rupam_haloi_) July 22, 2023

Yeh kabhi haarti nahi , excuses deti hai

— Clairvoyant (@Anachronist26) July 22, 2023

Umpiring kitna bhe khrab ho par performance kisi 3rd class team jaise the

— Blue 🇮🇳 (@Loogal1) July 22, 2023

Bangladesh is worst when it comes to umpires and player’s celebrations.

— SamD 🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@revisitorSam) July 22, 2023

I’m glad Harmanpreet Kaur called out the umpiring. However, this has been a disappointing series 😠 Credit to Bangladesh women who have played well, but India have been largely poor. Big improvement needed

— Babu Kaur (@BabuKaur55) July 22, 2023

Unfortunately, even if there were a couple of wrong decisions involved in today's match. It does not cover the bad cricket Indian Women's team played today. I mean two run outs in an over and after that just throwing away wickets. It has been a horrible display by our team.

— Kaivalya R Pillai (@PillaiKaivalya) July 22, 2023

Love this. Call out the miserable umpires, match officials are often protected in all sports despite their consistent horrific officiating.

— Melroy (@me7roy) July 22, 2023

In some ways, with no live telecast and no DRS, this series has been a throwback to an earlier era in cricket.

— Prabhanjan Badami (@PABadami) July 22, 2023

Agreed 2 decisions were controversial. But what about the rest? Mandhana and Kaur herself were slow. The lower order too, didn't contribute anything. Kaur needs to introspect and blame her players as well. Accept that we were beaten by a minnow.

— Sahil (@Im_SVee) July 22, 2023

Agreed, umpiring wasn't the best. But girls do better. If you keep losing to Bangladesh, then the world cup dream is way too far.

— Cygnet Z (@Akpihs_Nanreik) July 22, 2023

'Pathetic umpiring' was done - Harmanpreet Kaur

In the later part of her statement, Kaur heaped praise on the batting of Bangladesh. She continued calling out the decisions given by umpires. She termed it as ‘pathetic’ in a frustrated style.

“They (Bangladesh) batted really well, batted according to the situation. They were taking those singles which were very crucial. In between we leaked a few runs but we controlled the game very well when we were batting as I mentioned earlier. Some pathetic umpiring was done we are really disappointed about some decisions were given by umpires,” she said.

Apart from this, the star Indian opener Smriti Mandhana also spoke about the incident when Harmanpreet showed her anger over the umpire after she was given out. Notably, she went on to hit the stumps with the bat in frustration after being given LBW by the umpire.

"When you play for India, you want to win the match, and it happens in the heat of the moment. I think she wasn't really happy with the decision given and she felt she wasn't out. That is why that came about. It is just the heat of the moment and nothing much,” said Mandhana during the post-match press conference.