Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s 30-year-old Women’s cricket team captain will lead the team into their first appearance in the finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Speaking with the media after the washed-out semifinal against England, Kaur expressed her thoughts and views on the game and the ICC rules.
It was also a special day for the skipper as her parents had flown to Australia to watch Kaur and her team sail India’s boat into the finals. Unfortunately, the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to poor weather and rainstorms. Although, India directly qualified into the finals as they had topped their group during the round-robin stages of the tournament knocking out England in the process.
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Harmanpreet said, “My parents are here and they wanted to see today’s game but unfortunately they didn’t get to watch. It was the first time they were going to watch me playing cricket since my dad did when I was in school, and my mother has never watched me play cricket. It means a lot because from day one I wanted them to watch me playing cricket and today I got this opportunity.”
Harmanpreet Kaur will be extra pumped and raring to play in the finals against host’s Australia who defeated South Africa in a rain-curtailed match as here parents will stay back in Australia to watch India play in the final. 8th of March is an extra special day for the Indian skipper as it not just the day of the final, but also International Women’s Day and her 31st Birthday.
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“They have come here to watch all of us playing, and I hope we get all support from all the parents and try to win this tournament. We were hoping we’d get there because everybody’s feeling very positive about women’s cricket at the moment,” Harmanpreet added.
the Indian skipper ends with “We’ll get a lot of attention back home because everyone wants us to play good cricket and they’re expecting us to do well. We will try to give our best. If we win, definitely we’ll get a lot of attention and a lot of love from back home. Hopefully, as we got in the 2017 World Cup final, we’ll get a very good day for women’s cricket.”
