Indian Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur struggled to get going against Australia Women in the first ODI match at Allan Border Field. Despite scoring a half century in the match she was criticized heavily
on social media for her slow batting. The Indian captain did not show any intent out in the middle as she finished with 53 runs of 84 balls. Her knock included only three fours and she went at a strike rate of just 63 in the innings. India Women were bowled out for 214 in the first innings but the biggest talking point was the lack of intent from Harmanpreet Kaur. After this knock plenty of fans took it to social media and in this article we will look at how twitter reacted to this innings.
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— Shailesh (@shailesh18_) February 24, 2026
meet harmanpreet kaur 007 0 reasons for continuing with the captaincy 0 tries of acceleration which results in the best players being under pressure and losing their wicket 7 schizophrenic fans who believe her to be “mother of aus” without having a fifty too in aus
— kay (@mandhanamp4) February 24, 2026
Harmanpreet Kaur came in the middle when India Women were in early trouble at 52/3. She stitched a partnership with Smriti Mandhana as they took India’s total to 100 before Smriti departed. Smriti Mandhana scored 58 runs off 68 balls and was batting positively on a good surface.
This Indian inning never took off; barring Smriti Mandhana, none looked comfortable. Harmanpreet Kaur scored a laborious 53(84). Pitch played its part, and AUSW bowlers were disciplined, but still it's not looking like a 214-run track. pic.twitter.com/ca1gigHR8D
— Mr. Athar🏏 (@cricdrugs) February 24, 2026
Harmanpreet kaur you have disappointed me a lot 🥀
— Smrutisikha Rath (@SmrutisikhaR) February 24, 2026
Voll takes ANOTHER good catch! And this one sees the end of Harmanpreet #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/H7Ppd0DPc2
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) February 24, 2026
Harmanpreet Kaur started her innings well scoring eight runs off the first ten balls but after that she went into a shell and began playing very slow. From that stage, Harmanpreet could score only seven runs of her next 20 balls and post that India started to lose wickets. Some of the users compared this to KL Rahul’s knock when he played the Final of the 2023 WC.
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#INDvAUS It's been a tough old grind for Harmanpreet Kaur today. Hasn't offered too many chances but hasn't been allowed to shift through gears as well. A patient 79-ball half centuty for the Indian captain. pic.twitter.com/0y9wHnjiij
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) February 24, 2026
India Women were reduced to 140/6 as Richa Gosh was dismissed. Kashvee Gautham who was batting lower down the order and showed very good intent in the partnership with Kaur. Kashvee ended her innings with 43 runs of 44 balls and was the aggressor in her partnership with Harmanpreet. It was a real struggle for the Indian captain as she put more pressure on herself by not showing intent. Harmanpreet Kaur completed her half century in 79 balls and later was dismissed for 53 as she tried to take on Gardner. It was a knock that had no real intent and ended up tamely as India were bowled out for just 214.
