India have made the finals of the senior ladies’s world occasions thrice with the latest being the 2020 T20 World Cup last in opposition to Australia. The 50-over World Cups of 2005 and 2017 had been the opposite events.

“I am sure this year’s tournament in South Africa will be ultra-competitive. Though Australia go into the tournament as favourites, there is very little separating other teams, promising close matches and high-class performances,” Kaur stated as quoted by an ICC press launch.

“We are hungry for that evasive title as we go to South Africa with high hopes and the confidence of having an outfit that can beat any team on its day,” she added.

Kaur, who has performed in all of the T20 World Cups to this point, debuting within the format on the inaugural version in 2009, stated that the latest triumph of the U-19 group within the World Cup will act as an inspiration for the senior group in South Africa.

“The Under-19 team’s victory provides added inspiration. Winning any world title is huge and one will always remember this one since it was the inaugural edition of the championship. I congratulate the team for the historic victory and hope we can emulate them in the senior event,” she stated.

“We have senior players as well as young guns like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, who are fresh from the Indian team’s victory at the Under-19 World Cup, play an attractive brand of cricket and now also have enough experience of top-class cricket. We have depth in batting and enough variety in bowling with Renuka Singh stepping up well in the pace department to do what is required against top teams,” the Indian skipper added.

The Indian group have received the Asia Cup and grabbed the silver on the Commonwealth Game final yr however misplaced a latest dwelling sequence to Australia. Kaur, nevertheless, selected to see the positives popping out of the sequence.

“A home series against Australia in December further gave us the opportunity to test ourselves and try our combinations against a top side. Though we lost the series 4-1, there were enough thrills in the series for the thousands who thronged the Mumbai stadiums. The attendance in those matches also reflected the growing attention the women’s game has been able to attract in recent times,” she stated.

On the upcoming ladies’s IPL, she stated, “The support for women’s cricket by the International Cricket Council and the Board of Control for Cricket in India has been amazing over the years and the impending Women’s IPL is surely going to take the game to the next level in India. The appetite for women’s cricket has been growing rapidly and the future is very bright in all aspects.”

India will begin their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Pakistan on February 12 adopted by clashes with West Indies, England and Ireland on February 15, 18 and 20 respectively.