Perfect platform for World Cup, says skipper Harmanpreet Kaur

Dambulla, July 18

Seeking to continue their domination over teams in the sub-continent, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur today said they are using the Women’s Asia Cup as a platform to prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The continental tournament, to be held in the T20 format this year, begins here tomorrow with India taking on traditional rivals Pakistan, while the World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh later this year.

“This tournament is very important for all of us because we give equal respect to this tournament and want to improve at the Asian as well as at the world level,” Harmanpreet said.

“So our focus will remain same as we prepare for the T20 World Cup or any other World Cup. Each and every game is important for us and we will try to give our best. The challenge will be to keep doing the right things which we have done in the past Asia Cups, keep playing the same type of cricket, and keep dominating other teams and enjoy our cricket,” she added.

Enjoy playing Pak

India’s record against Pakistan has also been stellar in the shortest format. “We always enjoy playing against Pakistan but each and every team is important. Whenever we go and play, we always want to play good cricket and we will follow the same method,” Harmanpreet said.

Pakistan skipper Nida Dar knows India’s strength and is looking to learn valuable lessons from their neighbours. “We just wanted to play against India because we had some good experiences and the way they are playing is great. Their approach in T20 is great, we have seen their approach. So this tournament is very important as at least we can learn from them,” Dar said.