Harmanpreet Kaur banks on Bangladesh's familiar conditions to assist India in T20 World Cup

After India enjoyed an outstanding preparation for this years tournament with a recent 50 rout of Bangladesh away from home captain Harmanpreet Kaur feels Bangladeshs similar conditions to those in India would assist Women in Blue in the Womens T20 World CupThe Indian team will embark on the quest for their maiden ICC Womens title when they go to Bangladesh for the Womens T20 World Cup 2024 later this yearThe dates for the megaevent which begins in October were released earlier this month and Harmanpreet was there when India was drawn among Australia New Zealand Pakistan and Sri LankaWomen in Blue enjoyed a terrific preparation for this years event with a recent 50 thrashing of Bangladesh away from home and Harmanpreet believes this will serve her team well ahead of the ninth edition of the T20 showcase later this yearYeah its a bit similar to India and hopefully in these conditions we should do well Harmanpreet said as quoted by ICCIndia and Bangladesh have recently become familiar rivals in international cricket with the two Asian neighbours battling fiercely in recent yearsSince the previous T20 World Cup in 2023 India has visited Bangladesh twice in July last year for a threematch T20I series and an ODI series and most recently for a fivematch T20I series Harmanpreet acknowledged Bangladeshs home advantage and the support of their fans as she felt the daunting battle that her team will face at the Womens T20 World CupBangladesh will be the home team and they will know the conditions better than us Obviously crowd will be supporting them But playing against them is always an exciting event And hopefully we will do well against them Harmanpreet saidAlso ReadlsquoPositive atmosphere amp newfound aggressionrsquoHarmanpreets side has become a formidable opponent for Australia in recent years but the Australians have shown to be too strong defeating India on the big stage at the Womens T20 World Cup final in 2020 and the Commonwealth Games final in 2022 India lost to Australia in the semifinals of the last T20 World Cup in 2023I think it will be Australia who I look forward to facing because they are very competitive And if we do well against them it will give us a lot of confidence and Im really looking forward to playing against them said the Indian captainWhen put on the spot to pick the semifinalists at the upcoming event Harmanpreet predicted India Australia England and South Africa Because all these teams have been doing really well and hopefully these four can qualify for the semis so we can have very good cricket over thereThere will also be some extra strain on India which has just lost out on ICC crowns at critical occasions such as the 2017 World Cup final and the 2020 T20 World Cup Harmanpreet on the other hand expressed faith that India will turn a fresh leaf in the future and that her team would emerge victorious in close matchesI think in all the ICC events we have done well The only thing is that we have lost a lot of close games And this time hopefully all those close games if we can win and do well for the team she addedThe showpiece event will start on October 3 with England facing South Africa in Dhaka In total there will be 23 matches played across 19 days in Dhaka and Sylhet with reserve days in place for both semifinals and the final should they be requiredWith agency inputs