Such a poor decision: Yuvraj Singh questions third-umpire's run-out call against Pooja Vastrakar vs Sri Lanka

Fresh from their historic 3-0 whitewash against England in the ODI series, the Indian women's cricket team began their campaign in the 2022 Women's Asia Cup on Saturday (October 1) at the Sylhet International Stadium. Coming into the 2022 edition, the Women in Blue have won six of the seven editions so far.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. India's innings got off to a shaky start as both openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma were dismissed early. However, a strong partnership from Jemimah Rodrigues and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur got the Indians back on track.

However, an incident that caught the eyes of cricket took place on the penultimate delivery of the innings as all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar was given run-out. This happened despite replays clearly showing Vastrakar had her bat in the crease and decision perplexed everyone on the ground. In fact after seeing the visuals both batters and the fielding team were confident it was not-out and were in position to resume play for the next delivery before third-umpire gave it out.

The decision has been widely criticised on social media with many struggling to understand it. Among them is legendary Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh who called it a 'poor decision.' "That’ is such a poor decision by the third umpire ! Should have given pooja vastrakar benefit of doubt !!," wrote Yuvraj on Twitter.

Talking about the match, India are in pole position to seal a victory in the tournament opener after putting up a score of 150 on the board. On her comeback from injury, Jemimah Rodrigues was the star of the show with a knock of 76 in 53 balls. Harmanpreet gave her solid support with a 33-ball 36. Oshadi Ranasinghe took three wickets for the Sri Lankan side with the ball.