Indian cricket team were given 10 extra runs against arch-rival Pakistan on Sunday after the Women-in-Green were handed two penalties by umpire Suzanne Redfern for running on the pitch during their second group match of the ICC Women’s T20 World cup.
Speaking about the issue, Pakistan skipper Javeria Khan said running on the danger zone was “unprofessional” on her team’s part.
“I had a chat with the umpires, they told me that our players were warned thrice and then the runs were docked. It was unprofessional on our part, after being warned, we still trodded (sic) on the danger area. It’s something we need to work on, it hasn’t happened for the first time, it happened previously during the Sri Lanka series as well,” said Khan at the post-match presentation.
However, Twitter has mixed reaction regarding the umpire’s decision to hand Pakistan women 10-run penalty.
Come on Girls, thoda tight. 5 runs bina batting ke mil gaye hain #IndvPak
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 11, 2018
So two warnings for running on the danger area by Pak batters gives India 10 penalty runs. Good Diwali bonus to start the chase. Come on girls #IndvPak https://t.co/UrHXU1eCJU
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 11, 2018
What is this bizarre rule?
India have 10 runs without a ball being bowled. #IndWvsPakW— the storyTeller (@chemingineer) November 11, 2018
10 run penalty? What a joke! #PakVInd #WWT20
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) November 11, 2018
A 10 run penalty to Pakistan n a professional batting display by India manages to overshadow extremely sloppy fielding effort (5 dropped catches) as Indian Women beat Pakistan convincingly n stay in course for a SF birth#INDvPAK#INDWvPAKW#WWT20
— Ambika (@apmahapatra) November 11, 2018
Stop bitching about the 10 run penalty. India would have covered it anyway..! Good knock @M_Raj03. Well done girls. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #WT20I #WatchThis
— Aditya A Bhave (@AdityaABhave) November 11, 2018
10 RUN PENALTY. 5 times each for the violation
— Tuaha Sohail (@TuahaSohail) November 11, 2018
Women Cricket team adds to the glory, yet another time. This time beating Pakistan in a 10 run penalty match. Just wow. Well done Mithali Raj. #IndVsPak
— Rahul Khurana (@rahuldefines) November 11, 2018
#indvpak .10 run as penalty woo hoo….extraordinary. Come on India lets do it.
— ashwin (@jha_ashwin) November 11, 2018
Its not Pakistan day today #PakaWvsIndW 10 run penalty #PAKvNZ rain stopped play. #pak
— Soyab (@SoyabChavdi) November 11, 2018
Tgt is 124 now, after 10 run penalty.
— deepak kumar (@deadley25) November 11, 2018
There should be an enquiry on why that 10-run penalty happened as it proved decisive
— St. Aubrun (@st_aubrun) November 11, 2018
10 runs penalty, Pak penalised twice 5 run penalty.
— deepak kumar (@deadley25) November 11, 2018
Pakistani batsman penalised for running down middle of the wicket. Initial 5 run penalty doubled to 10…
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) November 11, 2018
Lol 😂 10 penalty runs awarded to India ! As pak women run on the pitch ! WTH
— . (@m_imranwasim) November 11, 2018
#INDvPAK The last time #Pakistan got a 5 run penalty, Inzamam forfeited the match to England. Today they got a 10 run penalty. But the women’s team more sensible! #WT20 #INDvPAK #PakvInd
— Yeshwanth Kini (@YeshwanthKini) November 11, 2018
Women W Cup T20. Diwali Gift to India By Pakistan. 10 Runs Gifted By Pak Women Team Without Playing a Single Ball. Actually If a Bowler During Bowling Run on Pitch 5 Runs Penalty Imposed. She Done Twice. Thanks for Your Courtesy.KK Rao pic.twitter.com/YPGbyj7krN
— k kumar rao (@kkrao3107K) November 12, 2018
Meanwhile, Javeria Khan heaped praise on Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar for their innings.
“I’m glad that we managed to get a total on the board and we had a partnership, both (Maroof and Nida Dar) played really well. These two have proven to the girls and everyone tried their best to do well for the team. Hopefully, we will learn from this going ahead and others stand up and perform. Our bowling effort was a bit disappointing despite being 10 runs short. It could have been a bit better, we took them until the 19th over, but we could have planned it better, if we had executed our plans, we might still have beaten them,” Javeria Khan added.