The former Australia captain and two-time ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup winner Meg Lanning reflected on the challenges of playing a home World Cup and why India’s opener against Sri Lanka on September 30 could set the tone for their campaign, as per the official website of ICC.

“I think it’s a crucial game for them because it can almost release the pressure a little bit,” Lanning said, as quoted from the official website of ICC.

“If they can play a good solid game up front, get the win on the board, then I think that might just calm them down a little bit. Because yeah, home World Cups, there’ll be obviously a lot of pressure and expectation on them to do well,” she added.

“So if they’re able to set up their tournament really nicely by putting in a solid performance up front, then it ma

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