ICC T20 Women’s WC 2023: T20 World Cup will change the life of women cricketers – how t20 world cup will change women cricketers life women’s premier league

Cape Town: The city of Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities not only in South Africa but also in the world. I first came here in 2009 for men’s IPL coverage. This time I have come for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The excitement may be a little less this time as compared to the 2009 IPL, but this tournament is sure to change the lives of women sportspersons not only in India but across the globe. In a way it has already started.

Ever since the BCCI announced the Women’s Premier League, the discussion about women’s cricket has suddenly increased all over the world. This is happening for the first time that cricket administrators of countries like England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are not praising BCCI and its young president Jay Shah. As an administrator, Jay Shah made the betterment of women’s cricket his goal and his legacy will be remembered for the concrete steps he took to revolutionize the structure of women’s cricket.

important to win the trophy

Despite all this, these efforts of the BCCI President will not bear full fruit until his team wins the trophy. Just before the first season of IPL, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his teammates created history by winning the T-20 World Cup. After that IPL took off in such a way that even after 15 years it is not taking the name of landing.

The Under-19 girls have ignited a revolution in Indian women’s cricket by winning the first World Cup on this South African soil about two weeks ago, but it will be a challenge for the senior team to keep the flame alive till February 26 in Cape Town.

Let us tell you that since 2017, Australia has won gold not only in ODI or T20 but also in Commonwealth Games and no team was seen wandering around them. But it is also a matter of fact that if any one team can defeat this mighty Australian team, then it is Harmanpreet Kaur’s team, Team India.

Recently, even though Team India won only one match in the 5-match T-20 series, but stopping the victory chariot of the Australian team was a big thing in itself. The Aussies, who have won 5 out of 7 tournaments in this format and have been champions twice in 2018 and 2020, are eyeing a hat-trick of wins.

Keep in mind, when Kapil Dev’s team won the ODI World Cup for the first time in 1983, the situation was similar. Even at that time, the West Indies team, which seemed undefeated, was dreaming of winning the third title by winning two consecutive World Cups.

The Indian team defeated them in a one-day match in Berbice a few months before the World Cup, which was the West Indies’ first defeat at home. That victory had given Kapil Dev and his teammates the confidence that defeating the West Indies team is certainly difficult, but not impossible. In such a situation, the way Harmanpreet Kaur’s team defeated the Australians in an exciting T-20 match in India a few months ago, can that also infuse a lot of enthusiasm in the team? The answer to this question will be given in two weeks.

There is no shortage in the preparation of Team India.

Team India could not play much cricket after 2020 due to Kovid, but last year it won the Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka. Had a strong fight with England in October, but lost the series 2-1. Despite this, he left no stone unturned in his preparation.

The Indian women’s team reached South Africa two weeks in advance for the World Cup and also took part in a tri-series here. Even though she lost to the hosts in this series in the final, but these matches have given Team India a chance to rectify their shortcomings.

Significantly, the coach who led the U-19 team to victory as well as two key players Shefali Verma and Richa Ghosh are now with the senior team. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur will be the biggest hope of victory for Team India. This is his third World Cup. There is some problem with the fitness of vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, but it is believed that she will be able to present her presence in the important matches of the tournament.

Mandhana has formed such an opening pair with Shefali, which you can compare with Rohit Sharma-Shikhar Dhawan or Tendulkar-Ganguly pair. After the 2020 World Cup, both of them have added 1594 in 39 innings and during this time their strike rate has been 115.5. These figures are the best among the 10 teams playing the World Cup.

There is prejudice, but…

On the way, I would like to say one more thing, which may disappoint many people. The local taxi driver I met on my way to Newlands Stadium in Cape Town didn’t even know about the tournament. There were shops of one Indian and one Pakistani very close to the hotel. When I mentioned about the India-Pakistan match to be held on Sunday, he started looking at me with surprise.

The African driver told me that he finds women’s cricket a waste of time because it lacks the thrill of men’s cricket. A lot of cricket fans around the world will still harbor this prejudice, but I want to assure you that women’s teams are now second to none in terms of fitness and skill.

The distance she has covered in such a short time is not seen in other women’s sports. The ICC has also expressed surprise that this time maximum number of journalists have come from India for coverage, which it did not expect.

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