Driven by the recent 50-over World Cup triumph, India's women's cricket team, led by Smriti Mandhana, is strategically focused on achieving consistent dominance in world cricket and securing the T20 World Cup title.
Key Points
- The Indian women's cricket team aims for consistent top-level performances and world domination.
- Fresh off their 50-overs World Cup triumph, the team is now focused on winning the T20 World Cup.
- Smriti Mandhana emphasizes the importance of consistency over focusing on specific opponents or past results.
- The Women's Premier League (WPL) is playing a significant role in improving the team's T20 performance and strategy.
- India secured a T20 series win against Australia, marking their first series victory against them in a decade.
The Indian women's team wants to consistently stay at the top and dominate world cricket, says vice-captain Smriti Mandhana.
Riding high on their maiden 50-over World Cup triumph, the Women in Blue have now set their sights on winning the T20 World Cup later this year.
They began the year with a T20 series win against Australia, their first series triumph over the formidable rivals in a decade.
"This Indian team is something which we have spoken about is trying to be consistent. Don't think about opposition or what's happened in the past. So we've beaten this, we've beaten that. I feel that's not very important now," Mandhana said on BCCI.tv
"I think we are on the verge of a transition where we want to dominate world cricket. And whoever we beat, wherever we beat, that doesn't matter. We just want to be consistent in beating them and being at the top," she added.
Key Performances in Australia T20 Series
In the series-deciding third T20, Mandhana played a match-setting 82 and, alongside Jemimah who contributed 59, forged a 121-run partnership, which propelled India to 176 for 6 before the bowlers stifled Australia for 159 for 9.
"I mean, I really loved Adelaide as a city, even before playing here. And, yeah, it's just very peaceful, nice. I mean, a few Aussies will be very happy when I say that it's the best city in Australia, and actually I find it the best city in Australia."
Focus on the T20 World Cup
The women's T20 World Cup is slated to be held in England and Wales from June 12 to July 5.
"This year is a T20 year. Last year was a One-day year where we played a lot of one-day cricket.
"So coming into this year, for sure, I feel like we are a well-settled ODI squad, but we are still working on our T20 game and also what's our best eleven and what's our best 15 in terms of T20s. For sure, WPL has played a huge role for us to get better at T20s," she added.
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