India Women’s had a successful home series against South Africa where they sealed the ODI series and one-off test series but they shared the T20I series although there were many positives seen during the series and with this wrap-up the home series and boarded the flight to Sri Lanka for Asia Cup.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Co will try to kickstart their Asia Cup campaign on a high note and will try to defend the title too. India Women have made their legacy in this modern era and kept the expectations even higher considering the recent form.
Harmanpreet Kaur speaks about team environment
Indian Women’s team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur speaks ahead of the Asia Cup about how the team is happy and enthusiastic for the Asia Cup and the team environment is also happy and as we see their behind-the-scenes joy and happy-go-lucky nature which keeps the team even more positive to face the challenges if the team’s nature is not good then it impacts on their game and it also reflects on their performances too. If there are personal barriers between the team team building is not raised perfectly and so they fail to perform on a big level. Harmanpreet Kaur said:
“I feel like there should be such an atmosphere in the team that everyone enjoys each other’s company, and can share their feelings. And when the atmosphere is like that, the team’s performance becomes good as well. So that is my motive as a leader, that all of us feel comfortable with each other. And when you don’t enjoy it, you feel like you have to go and play with players who you’re not comfortable with,” Harmanpreet spoke to Star Sports, reflecting on her leadership role.
“But if you feel like you’re going to play with your friends and make the team win, that feeling is different. So we want an atmosphere where everyone is happy, supporting each other and the results are good as well. So I think, as a leader, that is my motive, that everyone talks well to each other, enjoys each other’s company and whenever there are hard times, they support each other. So those things are very important for me as a leader.”
If the captain stays happy and doesn’t pressure the team then other players too get relaxed and have the liberty to play their own game rather than playing under pressure. India will face Pakistan in their opening clash of the Asia Cup on 19th July.