NEW DELHI: The picture of Rohit Sharma’s gradual stroll and the long-lasting second of lifting the ICC T20 World Cup trophy at a packed Kensington Oval in Barbados remains to be recent within the minds of cricketers and followers alike.
Practically 4 months have handed since Group India’s triumph, and now the highlight has shifted to the Indian girls’s cricket staff, who’re keen to duplicate the success of their male counterparts.
EXCLUSIVE: We are going to come by way of with flying colors
India girls’s cricket staff captain Harmanpreet Kaur goals to comply with in Rohit’s footsteps and lead her staff to victory within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup.
India will kick off their marketing campaign towards New Zealand of their opening Group A match on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Friday.
The event marks the ninth version of the Ladies’s T20 World Cup, and India are nonetheless in pursuit of their maiden title. Their closest probability got here in 2020, once they reached the ultimate, solely to be overwhelmed by a dominant Australian aspect on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
Decided to maneuver previous their earlier disappointments, the Indian girls’s staff is concentrated on beginning sturdy and placing an finish to the heartbreaks of the previous.
When requested if she hopes to duplicate Rohit’s success in Barbados, Harmanpreet responded confidently to TimesofIndia.com in an unique interview: “Sure, hopefully. That’s our goal.”
“As I stated, we’re ready, we’re constructive, and we simply need to exit and provides our greatest. We at all times remind ourselves within the dressing room that this can be a nice alternative for us,” she added.
“I inform my staff one factor: go and revel in your recreation. That’s it,” the Indian skipper concluded.
After dealing with New Zealand on Friday, India are scheduled to tackle Pakistan (6 October), Sri Lanka (9 October) and Australia (13 October) of their remaining group stage fixtures.
