On a day when Mithali Raj turned 36, the Indian women's team's T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana chose to extend support to Ramesh Powar, appealing for his contract extension till the next T20 World Cup.

Raj had accused Powar of destroying her career and being biased in an email to the BCCI recently after the Indian team crashed out of the World T20 in the Caribbean. Powar, in his reply, said that the veteran batswoman threatened to quit from the World T20 if not allowed to open the innings and this created chaos in the team.