India Women’s team’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur has made their intentions clear ahead of the highly anticipated multi-format series against Australia. This will be India’s first meeting with Australia since their victory in the ICC 2025 ODI World Cup on October 30 in Navi Mumbai.
Speaking during a media interaction in Sydney on February 14, Harmanpreet said, “We are really working hard to achieve all our targets. Winning the (ODI) World Cup was one of them, so we are on the right track.”
Acknowledging the challenge ahead, she added, “We’re just working really hard, and hopefully we’ll keep bringing our best whenever we play. We know (Australia) are very strong. We have seen they’ve been playing really good cricket for such a long time.”
The skipper emphasised the importance of mindset going into the series. “One thing is very clear, whenever you go with a great mindset and a good, positive approach, you can always bring your best,” she said.
Harmanpreet also credited the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for boosting the team’s growth and confidence. “The WPL has played really big role to improve our women’s cricket,” she stated.
On the significance of the upcoming fixtures, she remarked: “It’s good to see that everybody is in good touch, because we all know before the (upcoming) T20 World Cup, every series is very important for us. Multi-format series are always very exciting. We’re really looking forward for that because playing T20 and ODI is always great, but Tests are something we always want to play, and a pink-ball Test match is always going to be very exciting.”
Meanwhile, Australia’s new captain Sophie Molineux expressed confidence in her side’s ability to deliver. “There’s definitely some learnings to have been had from those (losses) … but we’re in a really lucky and fortunate place, we’ve got generational talent at both ends of their careers in Phoebe Lichfield and Annabel Sutherland, then Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt as well at the other end and everything in between. It’s about bringing that all together and fine tuning the way we want to play,” Molineux said.
The three-match T20I series will be played on February 15, 19, and 21. The ODI leg is scheduled for February 24, 27, and March 1, while the one-off pink-ball Test will take place in Perth from March 6 to 9.
India Women come into the series on a positive note, having defeated the Governor-General’s XI by five wickets in Sydney on February 13 in their lone tour match.
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