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“The kind of approach we have right now, every day whenever we are going to play the matches, we are giving equal importance to all matches,” Harmanpreet told Star Sports (via India Today). “We all are very greedy to win every game, and that is something we feel should be in a team, and this is what everyone in the team is feeling,”
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“When you play against Pakistan, there is a different atmosphere in both the countries. Both the countries want their team to win. As a player, there is a lot of pressure for us. But as a leader, it is my responsibility to make my team feel light in that environment, so that they don’t think that we are playing against Pakistan or it’s a pressure game,” Harmanpreet said.
She Added :
“It will be important for me to make everyone feel that this is also just another game. We have to do well for the team and make the team win. Other than thinking about what is going on in the stadium, who are the other people cheering for? Who are they talking about? Just focus on the main things. Don’t think about the things that we can’t control,”