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Tamil is my mother tongue.

I would love to mentor youngsters.

If you keep winning, people will stay glued to our cricket.

There will always be people who will criticise you without knowing the facts.

Men's cricket sets the bar. We are always trying to reach where they set the standard.

Honestly, during the 2018 World Cup itself, I was saying T20 World Cup was going to be my last.

As a batter, I would want to see that the best bowler is in my side so I don't have to face him.

Cricket is not gender biased. It isn't that men's cricket is different and women's a different one.

My dad and some of them felt I should be playing on home soil and retire in front of the home crowd.

All of us follow men's cricket because we want at some point that women's cricket would be up there.

I speak Tamil well and I am proud to be living as a Tamil. but above it all, I am very proud Indian!

Initially, I was into dance and learnt Bharatnatyam for eight years. I appeared on various TV shows.

I have captained India in two World Cup finals. I definitely want to win the World Cup before I retire.

The first thing my mom told me after I reached Hyderabad was that I won't be going out on a two-wheeler.

I am from a south Indian Tamilian family, so all my cousins are into academics and I alone was in sports.

Even though I am someone who played one-dayers more, I have equally prepared hard for the T20 format too.

A couple of my friends told me to get into cooking but I have not been able to get myself into the kitchen.

But growing as an India cricketer it was about the blue jersey and the pride we all felt wearing that jersey.

It's not just about women's cricket, but everywhere, every athlete's momentum has been broken because of Covid-19.

Even at home I always play with the boys, I only play with the girls when I am closer to the tournament or a series.

There are some people who feel that they deserve a particular award or recognition, but I don't fall in that category.

But once you get accepted and are trained under the best coaches, these things really help boost your confidence level.

I do not make decisions based on emotion, because it is my career and I would like to be more practical when it comes to career.

I have always believed that against smaller teams is when you can give others a chance to get some runs and gain some confidence.

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

When I am playing, I try to keep the genre very easy-going and breezy. I can't be into the book and not be into the profession I am in.

I think we are still on the lookout for a left-arm spinner who can at least be closer to what Neetu David has been for women's cricket.

My teammates will tell you I find it hard to remember what happened two weeks earlier, let alone what happened a decade and a half back.

India is still searching for its first World Cup title. Australia and England have shown they are able to bounce back from disappointment.

Although I am not in the thick of things when it comes to T20 cricket, but as an ODI captain, I'd like to give more stability to the players.

As a young kid in the beginning, I myself did not know that there was women's cricket in India or that there is an Indian women's cricket team.

At this level, if you are aiming for the World Cup, because the tournament is so long there will be points where the team may lose a couple of games.

Sometimes, I sketch, but not every day. I sketch random things, whatever I can get my mind into. I'm not a professional, it is just a hobby I've started.

The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles when you play at home.

When we talk about knowledge or tactical plans, if a woman coach has the capability, then she should surely get an opportunity to coach the Indian men's team.

But if you have live matches and there is TV coverage, I'm sure you have more viewership because people would love to see women's cricket again on television.

The biggest challenge I faced when I started playing in the 90s was my immediate family members were not very keen that I get into sport, leave alone cricket.

You can't just give up because you lose one game. India has always had the problem that when faced with the crunch matches, the team does not necessarily step up.

I feel that when you are chasing 270 there's always going to be pressure but you need the opening pair to give us a start so that the batters can take from thereon.

Obviously, we don't want to go into a World Cup thinking low about the team. We are very positive and had some good practice matches, which should give us confidence.

But as a player, you feel sad that at this level you are being singled out for the fact that I stood up for myself. I have not done anything wrong standing up for myself.

People were not even knowing that women's cricket existed. And from that phase to today where people would want to follow women's cricket, I think we have come a long way.

There are expectations in everyone's lives. It might be small or big, but then you cannot forget to prioritise what is important and try to focus when it is really needed.

Whether I lead or not, as a top order batsman I feel people expect a lot from me. I also expect that I do get runs and justify my place in the side as a top order batsman.

I think at some level the ICC is trying to promote the women's game globally and that requires them to focus more on ODI and T20I cricket. They are trying to revive the game.

All of us at some point have been coached by a male cricketer. I strongly believe that they get a lot of intensity into the training sessions. They are very hard taskmasters.

With central contracts, you are very well looked after by the board. You do not have to be bothered about anything else. Just put in the hard work and do well for the country.

All the people who were needed to be told about my decision were informed. 2021 World Cup would definitely be my swansong. I am looking forward to preparing for the World Cup.

A lot of parents today come forward to encourage their daughters to take up sport because they feel women's cricket is growing in India and they can make a profession out of it.

Having captained India for long, it is habitual to discuss with my mates and assess the bowling changes, the bowling changes, the field setting that the opposing captain would do.

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