The Indian women's cricket team, under skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, is off to the UAE for this year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Team India unfortunately lost to Australia in the semi-finals of the previous edition. Eager to lift their first-ever title this time around, Team India wishes to get a better feel of the cricket ground before the event. They have got to the final of the T20 World Cup only once in 2020, losing to Australia, and they played in the final of the WODI World Cup in 2017. In both competitions, she has been an important player and led the side in the T20 World Cup in 2020. See Pictures #TeamIndia š®š³#T20WorldCup Bound āļø pic.twitter.com/kB4AH6PcIK — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 24, 2024 š„š²š®š±š šš¦šš²š®š±š šš„š®šæš¶š»š“ š§š¼ šš¼ š#TeamIndia | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/2EuYQrOFx2 — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 24, 2024 Women's T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur is Confident Indian women cricketers last played an international game two months ago. However, Harmanpreet Kaur is confident about their preparation for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup. In the pre-departure press conference, she said, "This is the best team we are going forward with. The players have been playing together for a long time. For us we came so close last time and lost in semis (2023)." "We have ticked all the boxes in terms of preparation compared to the small things were not there maybe in earlier editions," Also Read | Top 10 Fastest Century in Women’s T20I | Checkout Who Tops the List? Indian women's team will play warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa before opening their campaign of the T20 World Cup. They start with New Zealand on October 4 in Dubai. And next will play against Pakistan on October 6 and Sri Lanka on October 9. Their final group-stage match is against Australia, the defending champions, on October 13 in Sharjah. India Squad for Women's T20 World Cup Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan Travelling Reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor Non-Travelling Reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra