India dropped star batter Mithali Raj for their Women's World Twenty20 semi-final against England in Antigua on Thursday as captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat first. In a shock decision, Harmanpreet did not bring back all-time record T20 run-scorer Mithali, instead choosing to retain the same team which defeated Australia in the final group game in Guyana five days earlier. The decision to bench an in-form Mithali in the crucial encounter, which the Women in Blue lost by 8 wickets, refused to take backseat, with former captain's manager lashing out at current skipper.

Annisha Gupta called Harmanpreet a 'manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain' and further went on to say that the women's team believed in 'politics not sport'.

'Unfortunately @BCCIWomen believes in politics not sport. After witnessing what @M_Raj03 's experience could do in IndvIre it's shocking that they went with what pleases @ImHarmanpreet -a manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain,' Annisha's tweet read.

Annisha's reaction came after Harmanpreet had said in the post-match presentation on Friday that she had 'no regrets' in leaving out Mithali from the playing XI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium at North Sound in Antigua.

Annisha, however, later deleted the unverified Twitter handle, but took ownership of the tweets and defended her criticism by saying it came 'from the right place'..