Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has said that her team might not have found themselves in the best position throughout the World Cup, but the atmosphere remained positive, adding that an outburst from coach Amol Muzumdar after the England defeat made the team sit up and fight back.

India were far from favourites to reach the final, let alone win the Women’s World Cup and those doubts almost came true when the hosts stumbled midway through the tournament, losing three straight matches to South Africa, Australia and England, leaving them on the verge of elimination.

But after India’s brilliant turnaround to claim their maiden world title, Harmanpreet revealed that it was Muzumdar’s fiery dressing-room talk after the England defeat that ignited their revival

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