India’s improvement in critical areas like fielding and fitness, along with on-field results, strengthens her belief that they can beat a strong team like Australia any day, said captain Harmanpreet Kaur here on Saturday. Ahead of the eight-team ODI World Cup, India will be on the final lap of their preparations when they take on Australia in the three ODIs with the first beginning here on Sunday.

“We have been working hard for the last one year and showing improvement everyday, but if we talk about Australia, they have had a very good set up from a long time and they have been playing dominating cricket,” Harmanpreet told the media ahead of the first ODI here. “We have entered that race now and with the Indian team’s performance in the last one year and a half, we are at that stage where everyone is thinking we can beat them.