The 12th edition of the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand is starting from Friday (March 4). The first match will be played between hosts New Zealand and West Indies. The Indian team will play its first match against Pakistan on March 6.
The 12th edition of the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand is starting from Friday (March 4). The first match will be played between hosts New Zealand and West Indies. The Indian team will play its first match against Pakistan on March 6. Team India will go on to create history under the captaincy of Mithali Raj. The Indian team, which has not won the title even once, is eyeing to become the champion for the first time.
Mithali would like to end her career on a grand note by winning India for the first time. At the same time, England’s Heather Knight will go down to defend the title under her captaincy and make Australia’s Meg Lanning Kangaroo team champion for the seventh time. Last year this tournament could not be organized due to Corona epidemic. This time the tournament will be played on six grounds in New Zealand in a strict bio-bubble.
The eight teams will play one match each against each other in the tournament. The top four teams will advance to the semi-finals. Talking about the performance of the Indian team, it had to face defeat in the finals in 2005 and 2017.
The Indian team, which finished runners-up last time, will be eyeing to win the title this time. The veteran Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami will have a big responsibility. Both the players will enter their final World Cup. The team’s preparations have suffered a setback after the series loss against New Zealand, but the team’s claim is strong due to the mix of experienced and young players.
India performed brilliantly in warm-up matches
The team has won both its warm-up matches. The team won against South Africa and West Indies. Harmanpreet Kaur along with youngster Richa Ghosh and star opener Smriti Mandhana will be heavily involved. Harmanpreet scored a century against South Africa in the warm-up match. Yastika Bhatia scored 58 runs. Rajeshwari Gaikwad took four wickets.
After this, in the second warm-up match, Smriti Mandhana scored 66 runs, Deepti Sharma scored 51 runs, Yastika Bhatia scored 42 runs and captain Mithali Raj scored 30 runs. Pooja Vastrakar took three wickets. Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Deepti Sharma took two wickets each. Almost all the players of the Indian women’s team are in good form just before the World Cup. The team can definitely reach at least the semi-finals. After that the big matches will have to be played pressure-free. In this way the team can become the champion.
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The 12th edition of the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand is starting from Friday (March 4). The first match will be played between hosts New Zealand and West Indies. The Indian team will play its first match against Pakistan on March 6. Team India will go on to create history under the captaincy of Mithali Raj. The Indian team, which has not won the title even once, is eyeing to become the champion for the first time.
Mithali would like to end her career on a grand note by winning India for the first time. At the same time, England’s Heather Knight will go down to defend the title under her captaincy and make Australia’s Meg Lanning Kangaroo team champion for the seventh time. Last year this tournament could not be organized due to Corona epidemic. This time the tournament will be played on six grounds in New Zealand in a strict bio-bubble.
The eight teams will play one match each against each other in the tournament. The top four teams will advance to the semi-finals. Talking about the performance of the Indian team, it had to face defeat in the finals in 2005 and 2017.
The Indian team, which finished runners-up last time, will be eyeing to win the title this time. The veteran Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami will have a big responsibility. Both the players will enter their final World Cup. The team’s preparations have suffered a setback after the series loss against New Zealand, but the team’s claim is strong due to the mix of experienced and young players.