Mumbai Indians (Women) staff captain Harmanpreet Kaur through the Mumbai Indians WPL 2024 press convention, in Mumbai, on February 16, 2024.
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Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur feels adapting to different conditions will be very important to defending the title within the upcoming Women’s Premier League, which is scheduled to be performed in Bengaluru and New Delhi from February 23 until March 17.
The inaugural version final 12 months was performed in Mumbai and the hosts rode on acquainted conditions and crowd assist to clinch the title beneath Harmanpreet’s management.
“The conditions in Bengaluru will be different than Mumbai. I don’t have much experience of playing in Delhi, so I don’t have any idea how the wickets will fare in Delhi,” Harmanpreet instructed PTI TV on the sidelines of WPL’s pre-season media convention.
“If we can just quickly adapt to these things, this will show how good we are as a team. These are the areas we have to keep in mind and accordingly change our game plan.”
The skipper stated that although MI had a powerful squad, the decision on the enjoying eleven for a selected match will be taken primarily based on conditions.
“It is important for any team to have as many good players in the team as possible because then you can pick the best eleven. There is also competition for places among players.
“We will make our enjoying eleven in accordance to conditions. Now our function is to learn the conditions properly after which take a name on the staff,” Harmanpreet said.
They might not be enjoying the home support this year, but MI hope to replicate their last season’s performance.
“Improvement is a crucial a part of our lives, on a regular basis we’ve to hold enhancing, including new issues in our private sport in addition to within the staff. Our gamers have executed rather well within the final season. It was an entire staff efficiency, we weren’t depending on one or two gamers,” Harmanpreet said.
“This 12 months our aim will be the identical and check out to add some good issues and play in accordance to conditions.” Besides captaincy, she is also looking to contribute with the bat at the crucial No.4 position.
“My contribution in batting will be essential as a result of your entire staff performs across the place I bat. It will be necessary for me to learn the conditions and bat accordingly,” Harmanpreet said.
She also hopes the upcoming edition will give some new talent.
“This is such a match the place you will see good-quality cricket. It is a superb platform for our home gamers to present their expertise. Last 12 months we received so many good gamers and this 12 months additionally we hope to get some good expertise, new gamers we will take into consideration.”
