India’s Women World Cup Win Will Be Bigger Than That Of 2011 Win: Gautam Gambhir

Jul 22, 2017 at 1:02 PM

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India’s Women World Cup Win Will Be Bigger Than That Of 2011 Win: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir, who shone with the bat in the final of 2011 World Cup against Sri Lanka with his match winning innings of 97, has said that if the Indian Women’s team is able to win the World Cup final on Sunday, then the winner will be bigger than the 2011 World Cup win, where India lifted the trophy after a hiatus of 28 years,

“When we won in 2011 it was at home and we were the tournament favourites. But the women won the semi-final against Australia in difficult conditions. They are one step away from the World Cup and if they can win this, it will be bigger than the 2011 World Cup win,” Gambhir told India Today.

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Before going into the World Cup, the women’s team was one of the contenders to win the cup there was no hype surrounding the tournament and certainly, when India has reached the final, the cameras are following the players. The tournament is being played in England and the home side has an advantage of conditions. This was the case in 2011 when India played Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, the reason why India’s win should be called as the biggest moment in the history of Indian cricket if they are able to defeat England.

Gambhir further heaped praises on the innings of Harmanpreet Kaur, whose efforts saw India posting a total of 281 in the semifinal against Australia, in a rain-marred game which was reduced to 42 over a side,

“The occasion was very important. There will be other players who will play knocks like that, those who will get bigger runs than her. But it was a World Cup semi-final and against Australia. For a 42-overs game to finish 171 not out was unbelievable, incredible. If it was a 50-overs game who knows she would have got a double tonne as well. She did it when India needed it the most and has got India one step away from a World Cup win,” he added.

Harmanpreet’s innings has made her an overnight star. The T20I captain of Indian cricket team showed her T20 skills and helped India to put up a steep total ahead of Australia. A win, in the end, was a sweet revenge by the Indians for the defeat in 2005 final, where Mithali Raj was leading the team.

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After 12 years, she is still the captain and has already cleared that this is her last World Cup. A win will be something which she will be looking for to fulfil her dream of lifting the coveted trophy. It is no doubt that England will be favourites to win the trophy due to the home advantage but India can take inspiration from the win which they achieved in the group stage against the same team and go in the game with high confidence.

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