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There tin beryllium immoderate unit playing astatine home, particularly erstwhile starting retired arsenic 1 of the favourites. But Harmanpreet Kaur said the Indian squad was feeling excited, and not nether pressure, connected the eve of the World Cup opener against Sri Lanka.
“The World Cup is returning to India aft 12 years, but determination is nary unit astatine each for us,” the Indian skipper said. “We are feeling truly well, and successful the signifier matches we tried to tick each the boxes. We are excited that we are getting the accidental to play successful location conditions. As cricketers we cannot inquire for thing more.”
She said the squad was looking guardant to immoderate beardown enactment from the spectators during the World Cup. “Whenever we play successful India fans person travel retired to ticker america and cheering us,” she said. “Even erstwhile we played extracurricular the country, they person supported us. I anticipation this World Cup volition beryllium peculiar for america players and the fans. We volition effort to make peculiar memories.”
Harmanpreet said the squad was shaping up well. “We played much ODIs aft the past T20I World Cup,” she said. “And we person won astir of our matches and that has fixed a batch of assurance to bash good successful ODI cricket. This radical has a batch of acquisition playing together.”
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu is besides excited to play astir of their matches astatine home. She admitted India was a beardown contender. “But we are acceptable for the archetypal game,” she said.
“Since the tourney is being held successful India, they volition people beryllium beardown contenders, but we are arsenic determined to springiness our best. As co-hosts this time, we privation to play our finest cricket. And I truly privation an Asian squad to triumph this World Cup (for the archetypal time).”
