It wasn’t intentional: Rawal on shoulder contact issue

India batter Pratika Rawal on Friday clarified that her shoulder contact with England cricketers during the first Women’s ODI was “not intentional” after she was fined and handed one demerit point by the ICC.

- Press Trust of India

The ICC had earlier imposed a 10 percent match fee fine and handed a demerit point to Rawal for breaching its Code of Conduct, saying the Indian batter engaged in “avoidable physical contact” with England's Lauren Filer and Sophie Ecclestone in the 18th and 19th overs.

“It was not intentional. I was just running in my way and that shoulder barge thing was completely out of... It was not deliberate in that sense,” Rawal said on the eve of the second ODI here. “I don't think there is a (need to have a) reaction to it or maybe (make) a fuss out of it. It was not intentional.”