AUSW vs INDW: It's Something That We All Respect A Lot Says Smriti Mandhana On Punam Raut Walking Out

Indian opener Smriti Mandhana said that her team respects the decision of Punam Raut walking out despite the umpire Phillip Gillespie shaking his head on day two of the one-off Test against Australia

When the Punam walk-off question was put to Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry, she said, "Yeah, there seem to be a really faint edge. That's very much at her discretion whether or not she wanted to walk. And she did so, I suppose so from our point of view it's just acknowledging that. Besides that, there wasn't too much conversation about it."

When batter Beth Mooney was asked by the commentators whether she would have walked, she instantly replied, "Nup, no chance."

Punam was playing her first game of the tour to Australia. She didn't feature in the ODI series at Mackay and isn't a part of the squad of the T20I series in Gold Coast coming after the pink-ball Test.