{"id":18345,"date":"2026-06-08T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/why-are-you-asking-this-question-harmanpreet-kaur-puts-reporter-in-awkward-spot-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:55:40","slug":"why-are-you-asking-this-question-harmanpreet-kaur-puts-reporter-in-awkward-spot-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/why-are-you-asking-this-question-harmanpreet-kaur-puts-reporter-in-awkward-spot-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Why are you asking this question?&#8217;: Harmanpreet Kaur puts reporter in awkward spot &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131577486,imgsize-31514,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/harmanpreet-kaur-screengrab.jpg\" alt=\"'Why are you asking this question?': Harmanpreet Kaur puts reporter in awkward spot - Watch\" title=\"Harmanpreet Kaur (Screengrab)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Harmanpreet Kaur (Screengrab)\">Harmanpreet Kaur (Screengrab)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Following their 50-over World Cup triumph, the Indian women&#8217;s cricket team has landed in England, aiming to grab the trophy at the upcoming ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Starting June 12, this tournament will feature 12 teams for the very first time. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>India is placed in a tough Group A alongside heavyweights Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Netherlands, and arch-rivals Pakistan. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>After finishing as runners-up in 2020 and semifinalists in 2022, the team is desperate to finally cross the finish line.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Before the on-field action began, 37-year-old captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harmanpreet-kaur\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Harmanpreet Kaur<\/a> completely shut down a reporter who asked about her retirement plans during the captains&#8217; meet presser. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The veteran skipper, who debuted back in 2009, had a direct exchange that left the room completely silent:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Watch:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The conversation went on as follows: <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"28\">\n<ul>\n<li>Reporter: Is this going to be your last World Cup?<\/li>\n<li>Harmanpreet Kaur: Why?<\/li>\n<li>Reporter: Just checking.<\/li>\n<li>Harmanpreet Kaur- Do you think I should stop?<\/li>\n<li>Reporter- Not at all.<\/li>\n<li>Harmanpreet Kaur- Then why are you asking this question?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The expanded tournament kicks off with hosts England playing Sri Lanka, with the grand final taking place at Lord&#8217;s on July 5. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinals. India will kickstart their campaign against Pakistan in Birmingham on June 14, followed by a clash against the Netherlands on June 17. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>They will then face South Africa on June 21 and Bangladesh on June 25, before playing their final group game against Australia at Lord&#8217;s. All of India&#8217;s matches are scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM IST.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/why-are-you-asking-this-question-harmanpreet-kaur-puts-reporter-in-awkward-spot-watch\/articleshow\/131576859.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harmanpreet Kaur (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Following their 50-over World Cup triumph, the Indian women&#8217;s cricket team has landed in England, aiming to grab the trophy at the upcoming ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026. Starting June 12, this tournament will feature 12 teams for the very first time. India is placed in a tough Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}