"I saw her innings, (Harmanpreet) Kaur was superb yesterday. They will beat England in the final on Sunday," Ganguly said at Eden Gardens on Friday.
Harmanpreet's scintillating knock of 171* helped India thrash Australia by 36 runs and set a date with hosts England in Sunday's final at Lord's in London.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday hailed the performance of the women's team after they made it to the final of ICC Women's World Cup beating Australia in the second semi-final on Thursday.
This is only the second time that India have entered the summit clash of the ICC Women's World Cup event, they have lost to Australia in the final of the 2005 edition.
The milestone from 51 to 100 was reached in 26 balls while she raced to 150 from 101 in mere 17 balls. The sixes flew from her bat with monotonic regularity as the Aussie bowlers had no clue as to what hit them.
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2017, Highlights: Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 171 and Deepti Sharma's 3/59 helped India beat Australia by 36 runs in the second semi-final of ICC Women's World Cup 2017 at Derby.
India vs Australia Live Cricket Score and Streaming Online: Harmanpreet Kaur's knock of 171 not out propels India to 281/4 in 42 overs vs Australia. Cricket Match Live. Online at Hotstar, TV Coverage at Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD channels.
Celebrities and Cricketers have sent their greetings and wishes to India's rising star Smriti Mandhana. The Indian women's cricket team will face Australia on July 20 but will celebrate the youngsters Birthday today.
England have been on a great run in this World Cup and also hold the advantage of playing in their backyard, however, Sout Africa will not let such an opportunity slip away either.
The Pakistan Women's cricket team has been under scrutiny as the team performed extremely poor in the World Cup and ended its run on Saturday with not a single win in the campaign.
The Indian skipper has scored 356 runs in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup 2017, including the match-winning 109 against the Kiwis on Saturday.
Skipper Mithali Raj and Rajeshwari Gayakwad led India to a famous win over New Zealand by a mammoth 186 runs in Derby to qualify for the semi-final of ICC Women's World Cup 2017.
Highlights, India vs New Zealand, ICC Women's World Cup 2017: Rajeshwari Gayakwad picks up her first fifer (5/15) as India beat New Zealand by a mammoth 186 runs in Derby to qualify for the semis.
Hanging on to the fourth spot on the points table, Indian eves will take on New Zealand in a must-win encounter of ICC Women's World Cup 2017 on Saturday at County Ground, Derby.
After a humiliating loss against Australia, skipper Mithali Raj has called on her team to improve their performance in what would be a virtual quarter-final against New Zealand on July 15 in ICC Women's World Cup 2017.
Virat Kohli was among the many stars who congratulated Mithali Raj for becoming the highest all-time run-getter in the history of women’s ODIs. However, Kohli had to pay for his unintentional goof-up.
Put into bat by Australia skipper, India scored 226 for seven in the stipulated 50 overs. Australia chased down the target of 227 with eight wickets in hand and 29 balls to spare.
Legend Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli joined the chorus of top Indian cricketers in congratulating India team skipper Mithali Raj on becoming the highest run-getter in Women's ODIs.
Skipper Mithali Raj has gone past England's Charlotte Edwards' tally of 5992 runs in 16 fewer innings. Mithali's average of 51.37* is significantly higher than Edwards' 38.16.
Mithali Raj is just 34 runs away from becoming the highest run-getter in the history of Women's One-day cricket. The record currently belongs to former England captain and opener Charlotte Edwards, who has 5992 runs to her name in 191 matches.
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