Bangladesh women’s cricket captain Nigar Sultana Joty has denied allegations of physically assaulting junior players, firing back at pacer Jahanara Alam’s claims and even taking a swipe at India’s Harmanpreet Kaur in the process.

The controversy erupted after Jahanara, currently based in Australia, alleged in an interview that Sultana had misbehaved with younger players and even hit some of them. Responding to the accusations, Sultana dismissed them as baseless and questioned why such complaints would surface now.

Joty in an interview with Daily Cricket said , “Why would I hit anyone? I mean, why would I strike the stumps with my bat? Am I Harmanpreet, that I would go around hitting the stumps like that? Why would I do it? In my personal space, if I’m cooking or something, I might bang

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