India captain Mithali Raj is ready for a record sixth appearance at an IC Women’s Cricket World Cup, she is looking forward to the future while India will begin their tournament campaign against Pakistan on March 6.
As India captain, Mithali Raj ready for a record sixth appearance at an ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, she is looking forward to the future. The ICC Women’s World Cup will be played in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3. India will begin their tournament campaign with the match against Pakistan on March 6.
“The talent that we’ve got in the last year, we’ve tried some young talent in the squad, and most of them have shown that they can play at this level like Richa Ghosh, Shafali Verma, we have Meghna Singh in the seamers, Pooja Vastrakar. They all have been given good game time and those series have helped them and me as a captain to find out where they fit in into the composition of the team,”
Mithali said, as reported by ICC.
“As far as, I am happy with the way that I’ve been scoring runs, and I would love to continue the form into the World Cup,”
she added.
With her huge experience at World Cups, the India skipper has also been passing on her wisdom to those set to make their debut.
“The young talent in the side today, I tell them that you don’t have the experience of the past World Cups, so it’s a clean slate for you, all you have to do is enjoy the big stage. I did have a word with Yastika Bhatia, the other day, I took her out for a coffee and we’ve spoken quite a bit, she’s a chatty kid and asked me a lot of questions,”
said Mithali.
“The only advice I would tell the young players is to enjoy the big stage because if you pile up the pressure you may not be playing the best that the team and you would want to do in the World Cup,”
she added.
India had last faced a 1-4 series defeat against New Zealand in the five-match ODI series.