Women’s Asia Cup: ‘Each Game Is Important, Have To Give Our Best’, Says Harmanpreet Kaur

Dambulla: Ahead of opening their Women’s T20 Asia Cup title defence in opposition to Pakistan, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has reported that prevailing every and every and every activity and giving their best interior the tournament is of maximum magnitude. The Asia Cup comes at an precious juncture for India, exceptionally with the T20 World Cup scheduled in Bangladesh in October.

The tournament will presumably be performed from July 19 to 28 on the Rangiri Dambulla Global Cricket Stadium. After playing in opposition to Pakistan, India will in a precious way play in opposition to the UAE and Nepal to spherical off its Community A games. India are the defending champions and have lifted the trophy seven cases, many of the most by any crew interior the opponents.

“This tournament is exceptionally relevant for all of us to put together ourselves for the T20 World Cup. Despite even as, we always furnish equal take pride in to this tournament, for that reason of the very walk in the park in the experience you do relevant in an Asian tournament, you’ll always improve your cricket on the sphere degree.”

“So, I consider this tournament is equally relevant for us and our core of popularity will continue to be the identical, like how we put together for the T20 World Cup or any completely different World Cup. So, every and every and every and every activity is relevant for us to win and presents our greatest,” reported Harmanpreet in a pre-tournament press conference.

India go into the tournament after beating Bangladesh 5-zero and drawing 1-1 with South Africa. “Nicely, the mission will presumably be to defense doing the relevant matters which we've done interior the historic Asia Cups and we simply defense playing the identical kind of cricket and defense dominating completely different groups. We simply rejoice with our cricket and simply defense doing what we've done interior the data (of this tournament),” offered Harmanpreet.

India have an eleven-three lead over Pakistan in girls’s T20I meetings, and identical to their male counterparts, they don’t face the Nida Dar-led element in bilateral meetings. Requested about no bilateral series between India and Pakistan, Nida reported, “Nicely, I always wished to play with India for that reason of the very walk in the park it’s always been an exceptionally good outing and very (big) learnings (to take) for that reason of the very walk in the park the kind they are playing devoid of lengthen is of direction great.”

“They've an exceptionally aggressive way in T20s, like how India’s adult adult males play. So I suppose the bilateral series is exceptionally relevant for all of us. If they are now now not discovering out one thing, at the very least we are fitted to investigation from them.”

Quizzed about her views on the subject, Harmanpreet reported, “This stuff are now now not in my hand, but every and every and every time we get the possibility, we always rejoice with playing in opposition to the Pakistan crew. Despite for us, (playing in opposition to) every and every and every and every crew is relevant. Each time we go and play, we always play good cricket. Ideal here additionally, we've the identical level of view.”