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Sports / Thu, 21 May 2026 ICC

Kaur-led India chase another World Cup dream

“The Women’s World Cup 2025 win gave us a massive boost in confidence. “While the 2025 World Cup win gave us immense joy, it also gave us responsibility. We know expectations will rise, and that brings pressure, of course, but it is a good kind of pressure. “It tells you that you have earned something important, and now you have to recreate it again.”India’s preparations for the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup have already tested the side in varied conditions. They clean-swept Sri Lanka at home, followed it with a landmark T20I series win in Australia — their first against them in a decade — before enduring a difficult 4-1 series defeat away to South Africa.

“The Women’s World Cup 2025 win gave us a massive boost in confidence. However, it was only the beginning. We want to make winning a habit.

“While the 2025 World Cup win gave us immense joy, it also gave us responsibility. We know expectations will rise, and that brings pressure, of course, but it is a good kind of pressure.

“It tells you that you have earned something important, and now you have to recreate it again.”

India’s preparations for the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup have already tested the side in varied conditions.

They clean-swept Sri Lanka at home, followed it with a landmark T20I series win in Australia — their first against them in a decade — before enduring a difficult 4-1 series defeat away to South Africa.

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