Providence
\nFor an ordinary cricketer, battling unbearable stomach cramp could well mean retiring to the cooler confines of the dressing room but if it is Harmanpreet Kaur, she would just hit eight sixes in order to avoid running.<\/p>\n
Known for her penchant to raise the bar on biggest platforms, the skipper smashed her way to an unbeaten 103 off 51 balls in India\u2019s comfortable 34-run win against New Zealand in the opening game of the ICC World T20.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, I was having little bit back problem,\u201d Kaur said after the match. \u201cIn the morning, I was not feeling well, when I came to the ground I was feeling a little low and getting some cramps.\u201d The severe cramps hampered her running between the wickets as she came up with a different plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen initially I was running twos, I got a little cramp, after that the physio gave me medicine, and a little bit it settled down,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I thought instead of running too much, if I could I get more big shots \u2026 because you run too much, you get more cramps. Then I told Jemi (Jemimah Rodrigues), \u2018if you give the strike to me, I can go for more big shots\u2019,\u201d the skipper revealed.<\/p>\n
Kaur, whose 171 against Australia in the ODI World Cup last year has become a stuff of legends, didn\u2019t know while batting that she had gone on to become first T20 centurion from the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not looking at how many runs I was getting, I was looking at how many we needed to win the game,\u201d Kaur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew they have really good batters, they have Sophie Devine and [Suzie] Bates, we knew if we scored just 150, we may not (win the game).\u201d Kaur felt that it was a good batting track where a set batswoman could score big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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