India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that her plan for the upcoming Women's ODI World Cup 2025 will be same as her first World Cup" and also recalled her memorable unbeaten 171-run knock against Australia in the 2017 World Cup semifinals that helped the side to seal their berth into the finals.
Harmanpreet Kaur, who will be leading India for the first time in the Women's Cricket World Cup, is keen on breaking India's deadlock by winning their first senior ICC silverware. The Women in Blue ended up runners-up twice, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and by nine runs against England in 2017 at Lord's.
"The plan is the same as my first ODI World Cup. I want to go there and enjoy my cricket, but playing in front of the home crowd is always special," Kaur said at the '50 Days To Go' event in Mumbai as quoted by ICC.
"This time, I hope we will give our 100 per cent and try to break that final barrier that we have all been waiting for," she added.
Harmanpreet played 26 matches in ICC Women's World Cup where he scored 876 runs in 22 innings at an average of 51.52, with three centuries and four fifties.
Harmanpreet reckons that India will enter the tournament high on confidence following their recent successes, especially the series win in England.
"The confidence is very high. The kind of cricket we have played over the last couple of years, gives us a lot of confidence," she said.
The Women's ODI World Cup 2025 is scheduled to start from September 30, where India will face Sri Lanka for the tournament opener, which will take place at iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Recalling her memorable knock against Australia in the semi-final of the last edition of the ODI World Cup said that it changed a lot for women's cricket.
"That knock was something really special to me. Special to the entire women's cricket. After that knock, a lot of things changed for me and women's cricket," Kaur added.
"That time I did not realise (its impact). But when we returned back to India, even though we lost the final, the amount of people that were waiting and cheering for us, it was really special," she concluded.
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