Ahead of her side’s ICC Women’s World Cup opener against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that she wants her team to stay in a “positive state of mind”.

Harmanpreet pointed to Assamese batter Uma Chetry’s presence in the squad and she looks ready to represent the nation at the biggest showpiece event.

India, the two-time ICC Women’s World Cup finalists from the 2005 and 2017 editions, will start their campaign against Sri Lanka at Guwahati on Monday. Team India is heading into the World Cup following a 1-2 series loss to Australia at home and has had a poor start to their preparations, suffering a 152-run loss to England during the warm-up clash in Bengaluru on Thursday. Since the last World Cup in 2022, when they faced a group stage exit, India has won 25 out of 38 ODIs p

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