Harmanpreet Kaur: Will create such environment at Mumbai Indians where youngsters can walk up to me anytime
The HinduWhen Harmanpreet Kaur broke into the India’s women’s cricket team way back in 2009, she looked out of place. She was asking me questions on how she bowled in a couple of practice matches that we had and what I thought about her bowling.” Being the captain and most-experienced player in the team, Harmanpreet, who’s also fondly referred to as ‘Harry didi’ by teammates, patiently listened to Sonam. I think it is important for us to stay together since it is a short tournament and we are going to play back-to-back matches,” she said, adding: “Winning and losing is not in your hands but staying together and creating a positive environment is something which is always in your hands and that is what we want to continue with.” Having played in overseas leagues like the Women’s Big Bash League and The Hundred, Harmanpreet knows the importance of proper communication with overseas players. The overseas players try a lot to make our young girls comfortable and the last two practice games that we had, gave us a lot of confidence because they communicated well because if we directly go and play there are more chances to make mistakes,” Harmanpreet said. As players, when you communicate better you are always going to do better and during the practice games, we were able to understand how our domestic players are going to communicate with overseas players.”