The Under-19 Team’s Victory Provides Added Inspiration To Senior Players For T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur, skipper of the Indian senior women’s team, is inspired and thinks the recent U-19 T20 World Cup success offers encouragement to the senior players for the forthcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which begins on February 10 in South Africa.

India, the runners-up from the previous edition, will begin their campaign against archrival Pakistan on February 12.

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Harmanpreet Kaur Congratulates the Under-19 Team For WC Win

“The Under-19 team’s victory provides added inspiration. Winning any world title is huge and one will always remember this one since it was the inaugural edition of the championship. I congratulate the team for the historic victory and hope we can emulate them in the senior event,” Harmanpreet Kaur wrote in a column for ICC.

Harmanpreet Kaur recalls their last appearance in the Women’s T20 World Cup, which was seen by 86,174 people at the MCG.“That match, played on International Women’s Day three years ago, was a huge moment for women’s sport worldwide, as the iconic venue filled up for the Australia versus India match with fervour.”

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You’ve been a motivation for us .

You girls have bought laurels to the nation .

We are extremely proud of each and everyone whose been a part of the world contest .
???#U19T20WorldCup

— Harmanpreet Kaur (@ImHarmanpreet) January 29, 2023

“Our last match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – the 2020 final at the MCG – was watched by 86,174 spectators! That’s inspiration enough as we prepare to begin our campaign this time.”

“I still get goosebumps remembering that match as I think of my earlier years on the circuit and realise the kind of progress women’s cricket has made. I have played in all the T20 World Cups so far – in fact I debuted in the format at the inaugural edition in 2009 – and have seen the pace of the game surge like anything,” Harmanpreet wrote further.

We Have Enough Experience Of Top Class Cricket: Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet believes the competition in South Africa this year will be quite tough. Though Australia is the tournament’s favourite, there is very little separating the other teams, with tight matches and high-level performances expected.

India has reached the final of three ICC senior women’s global championships – the 50-over World Cups in 2005 and 2017 – and are eager for that elusive crown as they travel to South Africa with high expectations and the conviction that they can beat any side on its day.

“We have senior players as well as young guns like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, who are fresh from the Indian team’s victory at the Under-19 World Cup, play an attractive brand of cricket and now also have enough experience of top-class cricket. We have depth in batting and enough variety in bowling with Renuka Singh stepping up well in the pace department to do what is required against top teams,” added Harmanpreet Kaur.

“We have been preparing well too. We won the Asia Cup and silver in the Commonwealth Games in recent months. A home series against Australia in December further gave us the opportunity to test ourselves and try our combinations against a top side.”

“Though we lost the series 4-1, there were enough thrills in the series for the thousands who thronged the Mumbai stadiums. The attendance in those matches also reflected the growing attention the women’s game has been able to attract in recent times,” said the Indian skipper.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have shown incredible support for women’s cricket over the years, and the upcoming Women’s IPL will undoubtedly take the game to the next level in India.

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