The drama surrounding Mithali Raj has taken another twist with head coach Ramesh Powar revealing the player had threatened to pull out of the Women’s World T20 and announce retirement in case she was not allowed to open. Powar has also said that Raj, who is India’s ODI captain, should stop “blackmailing and pressurising” coaches and putting her interests ahead of the team’s.
These revelations are part of the coach’s hard-hitting appraisal of India’s performance in the Caribbean, where they lost in the semi-final against England. Raj was omitted from that match, triggering the controversy. On Wednesday Powar met BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim (BCCI’s head of cricket operations and head of women’s cricket) before e-mailing his final report to the pair.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo