India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants her team to take a boost from India’s men’s team that won the T20 World Cup in June, when they travel to the UAE for the Women’s T20 World Cup in October. While the men’s team won the title after 17 years and lifted the ICC trophy after 11 years, the women’s team is yet to lift the T20 World Cup. They came close to the 2020 edition, when they came second in Australia.
“We are very encouraged by the men’s team, the way they won the T20 World Cup this year,” said Harmanpreet at an event in Delhi, on the same day that the Indian team that will play in the T20 World Cup was announced. “They worked hard for this cup and won difficult games. We must learn how they hold themselves in these games and how they face these games. We are on the same path now and we are preparing for our World Cup campaign. The team is working hard and our effort will be to give our country and fans another chance to celebrate this this year.”
The women’s team last reached the final of the ODI World Cup in 2017, losing by just nine runs at Lord’s, before losing to Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup in 2020, and two years later losing again to -Australia, also nine. running, in the finals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In last year’s T20 World Cup, India went down to Australia in the semi-finals, by just five runs, and when they were favorites to win the Asia Cup in the T20 format last month, they were completely beaten by the lowest-ranked Sri Lanka.
With the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE, India are in Group A with Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan. Their first three matches will be in Dubai, before they face Australia in Sharjah. Will India be under pressure against Australia and new Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka?
“The World Cup is a type of tournament that every team prepares for in a different way,” said Harmanpreet. “So no team can be taken lightly and likewise no team should be taken too seriously. Bilateral series has a different kind of pressure and in the World Cup there is pressure and expectations and hopes for the fans. We are working very hard to live up to the expectations, we have been holding camps where all the players are working hard.
The T20 World Cup will begin on October 3 in Sharjah with two matches on the opening day. India’s campaign will begin on October 4 against New Zealand, before facing Pakistan on October 6, Sri Lanka on October 9 and Australia on October 13. After the play-off stage, the top two teams from each group will play in the semi-finals. finals on October 17 and 18, and the final is scheduled for October 20 in Dubai.
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