Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 22:31 IST
The weight of carrying the mantle of being the defending champions can at all times play a job within the thoughts, with expectations larger than the earlier yr to attempt to regain the title.
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur, nonetheless, believes that her aspect is assured of taking the strain of being the reigning Women’s Premier League (WPL) champions, by holding issues easy and staying as relaxed as doable earlier than the event opener towards Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.
“We just kept our preparations very simple. We are trying not to expect too much from ourselves and do too many things. That was our approach last year too and we want to continue that. We are feeling very confident going into this match and tournament,” Kaur mentioned within the pre-match press meet on Thursday.
One of the picks on the public sale held in December was left-arm wrist spinner Amandeep Kaur and the 34-year-old mentioned that she would add selection and a thriller ingredient to the MI assault this season.
“I have not seen any other woman cricketer who bowls left-arm wrist spin. She is a good pick for us. You need variety in T20 cricket and sometimes the batters get used to your regular bowlers.
“She is someone who has played more than 30 domestic games this year and played well in them too. She looked confident in our practice games too,” she mentioned.
Kaur additionally felt that MI had ready nicely earlier than the beginning of the event and expressed confidence in placing up an excellent present within the second version of the event.
“We used the facilities in Mumbai ahead of the WPL. We played a few practice games as well so that we could try some new combinations and the players too get a chance to work upon their game.”
“We feel that we are ready for the game. Last year, we had to do extra team-bonding sessions and this time we got some more time on the field training,” she mentioned.
