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Harmanpreet Kaur during the India net session at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy on November 1, 2025. (Express Photo by Narendra Vaskar)
With India standing on the precipice of history, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur says that the team is ready to experience winning the big one after several attempts to win a global title had failed in the past. India will take on South Africa in the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup with the title set to go to a new winner.
“We know how it feels to lose. But we are looking forward to how it feels to win. Hopefully tomorrow is a special day for us, we have done a lot of hard work, and it’s only about getting everything (done) tomorrow for the team. We have been talking about that whenever we have enjoyed and given our best, we always get positive results,” Harmanpreet said on Saturday.
“It’s a proud moment for me and the entire team, and I’m sure the entire country must be also very proud the way we have played the last two games,” she added.
This will be India’s third appearance in a Women’s ODI final with the Women in Blue falling short in 1998 as well as 2017 where they lost to Australia and England respectively.
“When you are at a stage like a World Cup final, there cannot be any bigger motivation. The team is charged up, players are supporting each other and that shows they are together and how ready we are for this match. We knew long before that the World Cup was in India, and now it is about giving 100 per cent,” Harman replied when asked about motivating her side.
Harmanpreet welcomed the fact that there will be a new ODI world champion on Sunday night.
“It’s good that there are two different teams. We have seen Australia dominating world cricket for so many years and England was also on that stage. The excitement is different,” she said.
(With agency inputs)
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