Pressure Points: T20 World Cup exit shows need for a deeper examination of Indian women’s cricket
India’s path forward requires not only tactical adjustments but also a deeper exploration of how to turn individual talent into collective success.
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The weight of expectations proved to be a bit too heavy for the Indian women’s cricket team at the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Despite reaching the knockout stages in five of the previous eight editions, the team’s early elimination is bound to sting.
While the build-up to the tournament had seemed methodical and strategic, the result in UAE has established that glaring issues still existed. India had won crucial bilateral series twice against Bangladesh and managed a 1-1 series draw with South Africa on spin-friendly Chennai tracks.
All seemed to be going as per plan. However, the first hints of danger emerged during the Asia Cup, when a surprise loss to Sri Lanka in the final exposed several underlying weaknesses.
An obvious answer is the lack of match preparation before the T20 World Cup was moved from Bangladesh to UAE.
While some players maintained their match preparedness by playing in franchise cricket leagues such as The Hundred and Caribbean Premier League, the Indian team played no international bilateral series for the senior squad between the Asia Cup in July and the T20 World Cup in October.
Ahead of the T20 World Cup, India’s schedule on paper had suggested their campaign needed to be on track...
