Is it India’s time to win the Women’s Cricket World Cup? Watch the live tournament on Sky Sports | Cricket news
This is a cricket article but we will start with golf.
Before a ball was hit during the Ryder Cup of last week in New York, there was an overwhelming feeling that it was the best chance in Europe for ages to win in the United States.
A talented team, and an inspiring captain of Luke Donald, did exactly that, reducing a courageous response from the United States on the last day at Bethpage before making success for the first time since 2012.
Which brings us to cricket.
The reasons why India is positive
Before a ball was hit at the 2025 women’s World Cup, there is an overwhelming feeling that it is India’s best chance not to win the tournament for the first time after the finalists in 2005 and 2017.
Like Team Europe, they have a talented team and an inspiring captain – Harmanpreet Kaur is their leader – but unlike the Europe team, they have a home advantage.
It is either a home advantage or matches in Sri Lanka.
When you add that the players of India are now used to performing in front of large and fervent crowds at the Premier League female – the female version of the mastodon which is the first Indian League – and which has had a recent success against the favorites of the Australia World Cup and sustainable contenders in England, which only increases their belief.
Richa Ghosh’s hitting goalkeeper is a striking player in the order for India
The Harmanpreet team beat England 3-2 in international cricket T20 and 2-1 in ODI this summer, when they have just inflicted a heaviest ODI beat on the reference side of the cricket in Australia, triumphant by 107 races, before threatening to achieve a successful 413 prosecution against the same days of opposition later.
Australia will probably be at their best in the World Cup; This is what they do, winning seven of the 12 ODI versions so far as well as six of the nine T20 editions. But India is coming.
The striker is a real force with the power of Harmanpreet, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh supporting the elegance of Smriti Mandhana – who smoked a century of 50 balls against Australia on September 20 – and Jemimah Rodrigues.
Sky Sports Cricket Commentator Charles Dagnall said: “I thought India was a fabulous side when they came to England. Lots of focus, full of talents and very well led by a real alpha figure in Harmanpreet.
The captain of India Harmanpreet Kaur is an excellent leader, explains Charles Dagnall de Sky Sports
“Their alignment was exceptional, really on this, wanting the ball to come to them and will save a lot of races. They also have so many strikers in this top seven who are a threat, players who can win a match and who have won matches.
“There are very few weak links. I am worried about their bowling attack, which, I think, lacks a bit of something. But it’s their time and they are ready.”
Will Goulera and Deepti draw for India?
A pitfall, perhaps, is to face the expectations of supporters of the house, although Dagnall thinks that India can face.
“They know that they are a good side and that many things are expected, but if they have this belief in themselves, they will be a serious threat for a side of Australia at each box.
“I think they will do better in front of playing in front of excitable crowds and waiting in the WPL. This tournament has galvanized and found a wealth of young talents.”
Kranti Goud added a spark to the Bowling range of India
One of these young talents is the Melon Krranti Goud player, whose first WPL campaign in 2025 included cleaning the former Australian captain Meg Lanning for his first window during a sparkling transport of 4-25.
Goud, 22, continued to play against England, picking up 6-52 in Durham, before hitting three times when India inflicted this hammer record on Australia last month.
Keep an eye on its swingent deliveries and devastating Yorkers during the World Cup.
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Look at the Six Pant-Esque of Deepti Sharma, Rishabh Pant-Esque during the victory of this summer series in England in England
For Dagnall, however, the most important player in India is the versatile Deepti – a star with the bat, a vital part of the Bowling attack with his spin and his electric on the ground.
He added: “She brings so much and when she is herself with the bat, when the handbrake is turned off, there are not many people who can make her a bowl. She has 360 degrees.
“Sometimes she plays a little in herself, almost a little” what’s going on if I do that and it’s going badly? “But most of the time, the handbrake is absent, it is brilliantly.”
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