Sports Desk, AnyTV, Rangiora
Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:49 PM IST
Summary
In the video shared by the ICC, Indian team vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur is seen doing Bhangra. Indian women’s cricket team will start their World Cup campaign against Pakistan. This match will be played on March 6.
Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika and Mandhana
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Indian women’s cricket team is ready for the upcoming ODI World Cup. The Women’s Cricket World Cup is going to start from March 4. The Indian team will start its campaign against Pakistan on March 6. Earlier the entire team got together for the pre-tournament photoshoot. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has also shared its video. During this the team looked very happy and confident.
ICC shared video
In the video shared by the ICC, Indian team vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur is seen doing Bhangra. The video itself starts with Harmanpreet’s Bhangra. After this Harmanpreet says – I only know how to do this. Wherever I go, I do this. ICC wrote in the caption of this video – A dose of laughter with some great dance. The Indian camp is full of joy.
Apart from this, Yastika Bhatia was also seen dancing in the video. At the same time, India’s star opener Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma looked very cute while laughing. Apart from these, many players including Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj, Richa Ghosh were seen in the video shoot.
Indian team world cup schedule
Indian women’s cricket team will start their World Cup campaign against Pakistan. This match will be played on March 6. After this, the team will take on New Zealand on 10 March, West Indies on 12 March, England on 16 March, Australia on 19 March, Bangladesh on 22 March and South Africa on 27 March in the group stage.
Women’s World Cup to be played in Round Robin format
In the Women’s World Cup 2022, 28 matches of the group stage will be played in a round robin format, in which each team will play each other once. After this, the four teams with the most points will play in the semi-finals. For winning a match, the team will get two points, while if the match is tied or inconclusive, both the teams will get one point each. All matches of the tournament will be played in the six New Zealand cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington and Tauranga.
World champion will get Rs 10 crore
This time around the world winning team will get around Rs 10 crore (US$ 1.32 million), which is more than double what the champion team got during the 2017 World Cup. An amount of about Rs 26 crore will be distributed among the eight teams participating in the tournament, which is Rs 11 crore more than last time. This time the runner up team will also get Rs 4.51 crore.