Harmanpreet Kaur - WPL will play a 'very giant function' within the lead-up to house ODI International Cup

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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes the impending WPL will “play an excessively giant function” within the lead as much as the house ODI International Cup later this 12 months, because the T20 league will lend a hand the India avid gamers fine-tune their sport and use the loose window after that to “elevate” their health ranges. This 12 months’s International Cup would be the first time Harmanpreet will lead India within the 50-over event.

The five-team WPL will run from February 14 to March 15 throughout 4 towns in India for 20 league suits and two knockout video games. The India avid gamers will then have an opening of over 3 months sooner than they head to England for 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs. They’ll then have some other hole for just about two months. As in step with the FTP, their subsequent project can be of 3 properties ODIs towards global champions Australia in past due September after which the 50-over International Cup at house in October.

One of the vital India avid gamers are nursing accidents and may additionally use the WPL to regain and end up their fit health.

“I feel this WPL goes to play an excessively giant function as a result of this 12 months now we have ODI International Cup,” Harmanpreet mentioned at a press convention in Mumbai. “After the WPL, now we have an excellent window the place we will be able to paintings on our health and lift our health degree. I feel that hole will truly lend a hand us to paintings truly arduous on ourselves.”

India had did not make the semi-finals within the closing ODI International Cup, in early 2022 in New Zealand, below the captaincy of Mithali Raj.

Harmanpreet used to be requested about India’s busy agenda on the flip of the 12 months once they performed back-to-back sequence towards Australia (away), West Indies (house), and Eire (house) and if that would possibly have performed a job in avid gamers having to regulate their workload.

Harmanpreet herself sat out of 2 of the 3 T20Is towards West Indies adopted via the 3 ODIs towards Eire. India additionally performed all the ones sequence, after the T20 International Cup, with out the injured Pooja Vastrakar whose health is being monitored via Mumbai Indians for her participation within the WPL. Another avid gamers corresponding to Yastika Bhatia, Shreyanka Patil and Priya Punia had additionally ignored the West Indies video games in December as a result of accidents, and feature now not performed since then. Like Harmanpreet, India had additionally rested their lead rapid bowler Renuka Singh for the Eire ODIs closing month.

“See, as a cricketer, we truly need our agenda to be packed and accidents are one thing which is a part of the sport and on occasion those don’t seem to be below your regulate,” Harmanpreet mentioned. “However as a cricketer, we do not need to pass over any event. However truly satisfied [with] the best way we’re getting our agenda truly packed and enjoying back-to-back cricket and that’s one thing as a participant, as a captain I am playing. And just right to look the closing sequence went truly neatly.

“A couple of younger avid gamers were given alternative they usually did truly neatly, performed very spectacular cricket. This season and this 12 months goes to be very thrilling as a result of [of the] house International Cup after which now we have truly thrilling cricket in entrance folks after the WPL. With a bit of luck we gel neatly as a group and do what a group calls for and play some just right cricket.”

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