IND-W vs AUS-W first ODI | Harmanpreet blissful to play towards among the best groups in Australia forward of the World Cup

Harmanpreet Kaur sees the three-match ODI collection towards Australia, beginning right here on Sunday, as a wonderful alternative forward of the most important occasion in girls’s cricket, the World Cup.

“We are blissful that we’re enjoying towards among the best groups, and these matches are essential,” the India captain mentioned on Saturday. “At the identical time, we’re pondering of giving alternatives to everybody so that every one of us are recent for the World Cup.”

The recreation is particular for Harmanpreet on a private observe, too. It is her one hundred and fiftieth ODI, and solely two Indian girls have reached that milestone earlier than her – Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami. She is glad to be doing that in her dwelling State of Punjab.

And she is de facto blissful that the kids, like Kranti Goud and Pratika Rawal, are delivering for India. “Till about 4 or 5 years in the past, we had been speaking in regards to the distinction between home and worldwide cricket, however these women are prepared for that,” she mentioned.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy mentioned she was wanting ahead to the collection towards ‘the sleeping large.’ “This is probably the most steady Indian facet I’ve seen. And India is a superb place to return and play as a cricketer,” she mentioned.