Women's World Cup: Happy with way I am scoring runs, would love to continue the form, says Mithali Raj
India Today
India captain Mithali Raj wants to continue scoring runs as she prepares for a record sixth appearance at an ICC Women's Cricket World Cup. Mithali also confirmed that Harmanpreet Kaur will be her deputy in the ICC event.
Indian captain Mithali Raj is looking to continue her rich vein of form in the upcoming Women's World Cup and said that youngsters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh have shown that they have the ability to compete at the highest level.
Mithali further stated that the last few series have helped the team figure out its composition ahead of the women's ODI World Cup next month. India tried out some new talent in the series against South Africa, England, Australia and New Zealand ahead of the World Cup beginning on March 4 in New Zealand.
"The talent that we've got in the last year, we've tried some young talent in the squad, and most of them have shown that they have the ability to play at this level like Richa (Ghosh), Shafali (Verma), we have Meghna Singh in the seamers, Pooja Vastrakar," Raj said on the second day of the captains’ opening media conferences.
"They all have been given good game time and those series have really helped them and me as a captain, to find out where they fit in into the composition of the team.
"I definitely know my playing composition for the first couple of games and I look forward to giving game time to all the core players during the warm-up and also to those players who will get opportunity at some point in the world cup."
The veteran batter said that a team needs to have a mix of experience and youth to do well in tournaments.
"We do have an experienced core group from last edition. Most of them, even the young players who recently got into the side, had the opportunity of playing in leagues. That gives them exposure other than bilateral series."
