India’s big three opened up on their big ambitions with 50 days to go for the marquee tournament.
India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur, opener Smriti Mandhana and batter Jemimah Rodrigues have locked their sights on the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
Harmanpreet Kaur, who will be leading in her first Women’s Cricket World Cup, is keen on breaking India’s deadlock by winning their first senior ICC silverware.
“(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.
India opener Smriti Mandhana echoed Kaur’s belief and opened up on the changing mindset within Indian cricket over the past few years.
“The mindset has changed over the last two or three years. There’s a calmness with which I want to go about on the field,” said Mandhana at the event.
“Our whole team is heading in that direction. We know where we want to work hard. And when we enter the field, we know we’ve just got to implement.”
Mandhana added that the side was focusing on staying in the present and not looking to achieve specific landmarks.
“Whenever we’ve done well (on the field), everything else has taken care of itself. We are preparing really really well.
“We’ve had a preparation camp. We’ve had an England tour. We’ve one tour ahead of the World Cup. To be honest, that’s the only thing we are thinking about.”
India will kickstart their Cricket World Cup 2025 campaign against Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 30 September.
