New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to participate in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. The tournament was shifted from Bangladesh to the UAE due to political tensions in the country.
The Women in Blue will play their first match against New Zealand on October 4 at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. After that, they will face arch-rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the same venue on October 6 and 9. Team India will face Australia in their last group-stage match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 13.
Team India will look to break their string of close finishes in the ICC tournament. Australia defeated Harmanpreet and Co. by 5 runs in the semi-final of the 2023 T20 World Cup. Recently, India also lost the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.
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‘This is the best team we are going for a T20 World Cup’: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur in the pre-departure press conference said that this is the best Indian squad that they are going with for the tournament. She further added that they have few players who have been playing for a long time and they know their role really well.
“If I talk about this team, we have a few players who have been playing for a long time and they know their roles really well. I can say that this is the best team we are going for a T20 World Cup with” Harmanpreet said at the pre-departure press conference in Mumbai.
Harmanpreet also said that she can’t compare India’s bowling with other teams because every team has its own positives and negatives. She further added that she is quite confident with the team and knows what her players are capable of.
“Pooja [Vastrakar] is doing well and Renuka [Singh] is supporting her really well. She [Renuka] is someone who is always giving us breakthroughs. Arundhati [Reddy] is someone who can always come and bowl a few overs for the team and bat in the deep. I can’t compare our bowling line-up with other teams because every team has its own positives and negatives, but I’m quite confident in my team. I know what they are doing and what they are capable of” Harmanpreet added.
India squad for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan
Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. have departed for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 which is all set to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
