Women players who'll be playing their 5th ODI World Cup this year, lists only 5 cricketers and players (potentially) playing their 2nd ODI World Cup in India lists only 14 cricketers but only one name from India is common in both the lists and she is none other than the Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. As she gears up for her fifth ICC Women's Cricket World Cup as a player, she is looking forward to what is a very important ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
‘Personally, this tournament is very important for me. This is a home World Cup. Home World Cups are special for every player. I have a lot of experience batting at No.4, I am just looking to contribute to the team,’ said Harmanpreet Kaur, who is captaining India for the first time in the marquee tournament.
She knows about the challenge she faces as a batter. In the recent past, against West Indies, she couldn’t score big, was out nursing a niggle through the ODI series against Ireland and after scores of 17 and 7 in the first two ODIs against England, the experts had started counting her days as India’s top batter. In fact, she hadn't hit an ODI half-century since October 2024 and had averaged 29 in 13 innings before the final ODI against England, at Chester-le-Street on 22 July this year. Then she scored 102* off 84 balls and declared that she is back.
