The Women's ODI World Cup is almost knocking on the door and the hosting captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes that India can defeat Australia "any day." Before the World Cup, India will be hosting Australia for three ODI matches, on September 14 (Mullanpur), 17 (Mullanpur), and 20 (Delhi) respectively. Australia has been a mighty threat to India in all sports, and women's cricket is no exception. Even though Australia hasn't played an ODI match since January this year, the record against India at home is still invincible. India won the last ODI match against Australia at home in 2007 in Chennai. Speaking to the press, she said, "We are a team that has worked hard throughout the year, and are improving day by day. But Australia have had a good set-up for some years now, and they have been dominating for some years now. We have just come into that race, and have done well in the last one to one-and-a-half years. We were working hard [to beat them before]. But now, we have worked a lot on fielding and fitness, and results are starting to show." India are high on confidence after they won the away series against England by 2-1. Notably, they lost just 2 of the 11 ODIs they played this year. Harmanpreet, alongside acknowledging Aussie's power, roots for the togetherness in her team. Harman stated, "No doubt, they [Australia] have been very dominating; they have played well all over the world and dominated. But we are also as a stage where, as a captain, we have the belief we can beat them on any day." She added, "The processes in the last one-and-a-half years have been good; we have improved quite a lot. Even in England, we beat one of their best sides. These show that we are on the right track. This group of players has played together for a while now. Everyone knows what they need to do for the team. There is belief that we can beat any team on any day, which is very important. If you have the belief, the results follow." Read also: Former Indian Spinner Harbhajan Set to Contend for BCCI Top Position Harmapreet Kaur credits WPL for betterment Harmanpreet praised the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for narrowing the gap between domestic and international cricket, noting that youngsters now join the team with greater confidence. She said, "I think their [youngsters'] approach has been very special to see, especially as a captain. When I look to 4-5 years ago, we've been talking about the gap between domestic and international cricket, so it's difficult for a player to transition. In the last 5-6 years, we have been playing back-to-back games, and it has also been telecast. The girls who are playing now are ready, and know how to push themselves for the international level." She said, "We can see that in players like Kranti [Goud] and Pratika [Rawal] - they look ready. It's not that they need time or opportunities - the way they have prepared themselves, they are showing they are ready for the opportunity. We were hoping that something like the WPL would start for a long time so that the gap between international and domestic cricket reduces, and we have seen that in the last three years. I hope they keep performing like this." Notably, India will start their campaign on September 30. They will face Sri Lanka at Guwahati and then will face Pakistan at Colombo on October 5. Before facing Australia, India will still have to play against South Africa on October 9.