IND-W vs PAK-W LIVE: Harmanpreet Kaur says India batting key

IND-W vs PAK-W LIVE – Harmanpreet Kaur PC LIVE: Team India women vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur stressed the importance of the batting unit ahead of the Women’s Cricket World Cup. She stressed that the batting unit needs to work on partnership and scoring 250+ scores on a consistent basis in the showpiece tournament. Follow Indian Women WC LIVE Updates & ICC Women World Cup LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

“As a batting unit, we are working on stitching together partnerships. It is a reason why we have managed to score 250+ scores in the last five-six matches. Scoring more runs in the final overs would be really important for us going ahead, 40 overs we are sorted but we need to improve in the last 10 overs as a batting unit,” Harmanpreet Kaur said at the virtual press conference.

India will face arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match on March 6.

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She was elated to return to form after a lean patch with the bat. She spoke how the recruitment of a mental psychologist helped her overcome hurdles to score well against New Zealand and West Indies women right on time.

“Every World Cup is important, I am looking forward to delivering one more time,” said Harmanpreet who has a brilliant track record in World Cups.

Having lost to New Zealand 4-1 heading into the tournament, Mithali Raj and Co. clinched wins in both their warm-up

games, putting them in a good space before the tournament opener. India had reached the final of the 2017 World Cup, and will look to cross the finish line this time around in New Zealand.

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Harmanpreet Kaur is very happy after a century against West Indies women.
She stressed the role of a mental psychologist ‘Mugdha’ after 4 losses on the trot against New Zealand.

“We have a sports psychologist and it has really helped. I was not performing well in the ODI series against New Zealand, she spoke to me, talks with her really helped. There is a lot of pressure, after talking to her, I got clear ideas and it really helped me during the last two-three games. I can see her continuously talking with other players and it must be really helpful for everyone.”

I am ready to play according to the team situation whether it’s No.4 or 5.

“See, discussions keep on happening. I am more comfortable at No.4, but you have to play according to team demands. Right now, I will keep on playing at No.5 rather than No.4.”

Shafali Verma is a very important player and knows her game very well. This is the time to give her some time to deal with the lean patch.

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India Women Probable XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Varma, Deepti Sharma, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

India Women’s World Cup Squad: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Reserve players: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur.

Here is the full India women schedule of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup (all timings in IST):

March 6: Pakistan vs India in Tauranga (6:30 am)
March 10: India vs New Zealand in Hamilton (6:30 am)
March 12: India vs West Indies in Hamilton (6:30 am)
March 16: India vs England in Wellington (6:30 am)
March 19: India vs Australia in Auckland (6:30 am)
March 22: India vs Bangladesh in Hamilton (6:30 am)
March 28: India vs South Africa in Wellington (6:30 am)

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