CWG 2022: We Were Ok Because She Wasn’t Very Ill – Harmanpreet Kaur On Allowing Covid-19 Positive Tahlia McGrath To Play The Final

India Women’s National Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has opened on the team’s decision to allow Australia Women’s National Cricket Team all-rounder Tahlia McGrath to participate in the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games 2022 despite getting tested positive for Covid-19. Team India’s captain said that they decided to allow the 26-year-old to participate in the crucial match because she was not very ill.

Although McGrath tested positive for Covid-19 on the morning of the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 Women’s Cricket Competition on Sunday at the Edgbaston in Birmingham, she was allowed to feature in the match because she had only minor symptoms.

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Meanwhile, Kaur said that they were informed about the star all-rounder getting tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the toss. She added that Team India had to show sportsmanship and allow McGrath to play because missing the final would have been hard-hitting for her.

“They informed us before the toss. That was something not in our control because the Commonwealth has to take the decision. We were OK because she (Tahlia McGrath) wasn’t very ill, so we just decided to play,” Kaur said after the match.

“We had to show the sportsman’s spirit. We’re happy that we didn’t say no to Tahlia because that (missing the final) would have been very hard-hitting for her.”

I think the right decision was made – Beth Mooney on allowing Tahlia McGrath to play the final

Star Australia Women’s National Cricket Team opener Beth Mooney, while sharing her views on allowing Covid-19 positive McGrath to feature in the final, said that the right decision was made.

“It’s a real shame that in elite sport you get publicly shamed for having Covid when over here probably 90 per cent in this room have it right now. No one is testing, no one is doing anything. It’s a shame she couldn’t really celebrate with us.”

“At the same time, I think the right decision was made in terms of letting her play given we’ve spoken about protocols and making sure we were trying to keep everyone safe throughout the game. Hopefully, people aren’t too upset by it,” Mooney added.

Meanwhile, Australia won the match against India by 9 runs to clinch the gold medal. Australia were able to post the score of 161/8 on the board with the help of Beth Mooney’s terrific 61-run knock. Chasing the target, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a terrific half-century, but India were restricted to 152.

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