India's senior duo of Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana is banking on the team's recent form, collective confidence and their changed methods of preparation to "break the barrier" and lift India's maiden ODI Women's World Cup .

The 2025 tournament, which features eight teams, will kick off on September 30, with India taking on Sri Lanka in the opening game. India failed to make the semi-finals of the last ODI World Cup, in 2022 . Their best result at an ODI World Cup so far has been the runners-up place - twice, in 2005 and 2017 , both times under Mithali Raj. They will hope to go one step further with home advantage and recent form on their side.

"Playing in front of a home crowd, that is always special, and hopefully, this time we will give our 100% and try to break that

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