'Wanted To Win Series At Any Cost,': Harmanpreet Kaur After Beating New Zealand In 3rd ODI
![Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana [Source: @weRcricket/X.com]](https://onecricketnews.akamaized.net/parth-editor/oc-dashboard/news-images-prod/1730263109130_harmanpreet.jpg?im=Resize=(650,450))
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana [Source: @weRcricket/X.com]
On Tuesday, India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said her team wanted to win the three-match Women's ODI series against New Zealand "at any cost" after a forgettable outing in the recent T20 World Cup 2024. India failed to reach the semifinals of the T20 showpiece in the UAE and entered the third and final ODI against the Kiwis with the series tied at 1-1 here.
Smriti Mandhana (100 off 122 balls), who wasn't able to showcase her class at the top of the order in the last two games, while Kaur remained unbeaten on 59 as India won the match by six wickets. Following the match, Harmanpreet said at the press conference, she said,
"It was important for us as we wanted to win this series at any cost." She added, "As I said in the morning, we discussed a lot of things and really happy we could execute today. Whenever we play, we always want to give our 100% but sometimes things don't go your way.
"As a professional cricketer you have to keep pushing yourself and keep going. We discussed these things in the team meeting so really happy we could come back after that loss in the last game."
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Harmanpreet Gives Credit To Smriti Mandhana
The captain praised Smriti Mandhana for her fine knock, which paved the way for a successful chase of a target of 233.
"Would like to give credit to Smriti, she was struggling early on but she managed to get runs. Really happy about our partnership."
She also said the team needs to work a lot more to become the best fielding side in the world.
"Always talking about our fielding, that's an area we need to keep working hard. We are working hard but just waiting for the results till the time we can be the best fielding side."
Smriti Mandhana scored her eight ODI hundred century to create a history during the match, she became the highest century scorer for Indian Women in ODIs. She also became the first Indian woman to score three ODI centuries while batting second.
(PTI Inputs)
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