"Cricket is like a god", says Team India captain Harmanpreet Kaur

Ahead of the Womens Asia Cup 2024 match against Nepal Team Indias captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that cricket is like a god to her because it has given her everythingHarmanpreet Kaurled India will aim for a hattrick of wins when they lock horns with Nepal in their third Womens Asia Cup 2024 match With two straight wins Team India is enjoying the top spot of Group A and is in the race for the semifinal qualification spotThis will be their last group stage and earlier the Women in Blue secured victories against Pakistan and UAESpeaking exclusively to Star Sports Harmanpreet said Cricket I think is everything to me Without cricket I do not think I would be anything The name that cricket has given me no other field could have given it to me So I think for me cricket is like a god Whatever I dreamt of in my childhood whatever I dreamt of while playing everything has been given to me by cricketGoing down memory lane Harmanpreet Kaur stated that donning the Indian jersey for the first time she was confused about whether she should share the image with her parents or coachAlso ReadCharith Asalanka to lead Sri Lanka in T20I series against India I can say that offfield when I held the Indian jersey for the first time I took a photo after wearing it for the first time and I was just thinking about who deserves this photo first Should I send it to my parents or the coach who gave me this platform who gave me admission to his school and said I will start cricket in school for you should I send it to him So I was so confused who should I send first because both were equally important to me said the skipperOn her favourite moment on the field Kaur said that her knock of 171 in 115 balls against Australia in the semifinal of 2017 ICC Womens World Cup stands out to herOn the field in 2017 when I scored 171 that was something I remember before that game one of my friends told me We will win tomorrow only if you score 150 runs I said 150 runs I have heard that you will score 100 runs you will win tomorrow 150 I mean what is this demand right I will have to score 150 runs to win tomorrow So that was stuck in my head for the whole night and I kept thinking It is the Australian team so I will have to play something different to beat them because they had such a strong team So I think that was very special for me recalled HarmanpreetSpeaking about Team Indias journey Harmanpreet Kaur said that over last seven to eight years the teams performance has been very good Earlier the side was not able to win so many tournaments and play the kind of cricket theyre playing nowSo we always discuss that if there are two options we will always choose the aggressive option Before it felt like we were playing timidly When things did not go according to our plan we used to get scared very quickly but now we play a little brave cricket so we make brave decisions With time we have forced people to come to the stadium through our performance she concludedWith ANI Inputsi