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Harmanpreet Kaur T20 World Cup 2026: Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women’s team created history this year and won the ODI World Cup trophy for the first time. The focus of the Indian team now is to win the trophy of the T20 World Cup to be held next year. Harmanpreet Kaur has roared for this.
New Delhi. 2025 was very special for the Indian women’s team. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the team created history by winning the ODI World Cup title for the first time. On November 2, at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, the Indian team defeated South Africa in the final and lifted the World Cup trophy. Team India is now preparing to lift the second World Cup trophy within a year. Actually, Harmanpreet Kaur has announced the Women’s T20 World Cup to be held next year.
Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur said before the five-match T20 series against Sri Lanka that after the successful campaign in the ODI World Cup, the team has been waiting for a long time to take the field to prepare for next year’s T20 World Cup. India will play the first match of the five-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka on Sunday. This series is starting more than a month after the historic ODI World Cup win on home soil under the captaincy of Harmanpreet.
Who said what to Harmanpreet?
Harmanpreet said before the match, ‘After winning the ODI World Cup, our schedule was very busy, but I want a similar schedule after every World Cup. So I don’t have any problem. We are very excited about this series. For the last one month we were waiting to get on the field, because after all playing on the field gives us the most happiness. He said, ‘Tomorrow we are going to play our first match and we are eagerly waiting for it. This is a very important series for us and it is hoped that we all will give our best.
Harmanpreet Kaur
On the arrival of some young players in the team, Harmanpreet said, ‘Our target is the T20 World Cup to be held in the next six months and before that we want to play as much T20 cricket as possible. It is starting from tomorrow and there are some new players in the team. This is the right time to give them a chance so that they can understand how we have to move forward in the next World Cup. He said, ‘This series is very important for all of us and we want to play the same T20 cricket that we have been playing for the last few years, without any pressure.’
Harmanpreet described Sri Lanka as a balanced team and said that their batting and spin department is very strong. He said, ‘Sri Lanka’s team is very balanced, especially their batting. Chamri (Attapattu) is an important player on whom the team depends a lot. His spin attack is also very strong and he plays well in Asian conditions. We know their strengths and weaknesses and now the focus is on how we can give our best against them. Harmanpreet said that after winning the World Cup title, the Indian team will now play the World Cup with a calm mind.
