India women suffered a big loss in the new season of Women's T20 World Cup 2024, not an ideal beginning for the Women in Blue, as they faced New Zealand Women as their opponents in the first match of the season. There was one moment in the game that proved to be highly controversial. It was in the final ball of the 14th over of the first innings. New Zealand's Amelia Kerr attempted to take a second run, which witnessed Harmanpreet Kaur throwing the ball from long off. Also Read | Franchises Reach Out to BCCI, Raising Concerns over the New RTM Clause In a moment where Kerr was clearly found short of the crease and was run out, she was called back by the umpires as Harmanpreet Kaur had thrown the ball back after it was deemed dead. Talking about the incident, Jemimah Rodrigues centre stage and gave her take about the incident. “I was not there when the umpire gave the cap to Deepti. I mean, New Zealand were pretty sure that it was a double run and Amelia Kerr showed that the over was not called out. We all thought, okay, we got that run out. Honestly, that’s not in our control, and we respect the decision of the umpire. It's a bit harsh when Amelia Kerr herself walked out because she knew she was out,” Rodrigues said in the post-match press conference. After the over, India's Harmanpreet Kaur was found having an animated discussion with the match officials with India's head coach Amol Mazumdar being involved in the conversation. However, India went on to lose the game as India women were bowled out for a mere 102 runs as they chased a target of 161 runs, and Harmanpreet Kaur did not expect such a display from the team. "This is such a high stage where you can't make these mistakes. We have chased 160-170 many times. But on that pitch, it was 10-15 runs too many. At one stage, the way they started, I was thinking it would be 180. This wasn't the start we were expecting," Harmanpreet Kaur said during the post-match presentation.