Not thinking about captaincy, says Harmanpreet Kaur

Mumbai: Current Indian women’s team vice captain Harmanpreet Kaur is being touted as the new leader but the aggressive batsman from Punjab isn’t thinking about it. She wants to live in the moment as the next 50-over World Cup in New Zealand has still a lot of time left.

“Next World Cup is in 2021, that’s far away. We are playing well and if we continue to play like this, it doesn't matter who is the captain. We reached close this time, hope next time we lift the cup,” she said here on Wednesday.

After anchoring the innings in the semi-final against defending champions Australia, Harmanpreet cut loose in the death overs to blaze total 171 off 115 balls with 20 fours and seven sixes. “I like to play like that, hit sixes from childhood. I have worked hard. My coach told me even if I my batting looks ugly, I should stay at the crease and I did that in the semi-final and final. Unfortunately in the final after playing myself in, I found the fielder,” said the 28-year-old who scored two fifties and a hundred in the last three matches.