Kaptaan Kaur knows what it takes to win the big moments. And with the team’s backs to the wall, she knows exactly what it takes to pull her side up to bring their A game to the fore. She knows how to be ruthless. At the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, in a must-win game against New Zealand, the Harman-spirit was on full display.

Some gun batting to put on a whopping 340 on the board, a stellar opening bowling act that kept the New Zealand batters in check and just didn’t let them get away in the chase, and then a spirited effort on the field and with the ball to ensure the screws kept turning in India’s favour. It was the complete game. It was the A game. It was the momentum shot in the arm.

It’s been a roller-coaster of an event for India thus far: two clinical wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan, followed by three real close heartbreaks against South Africa, Australia and England, before this thumping win over the White Ferns. One league game remains over Bangladesh before the knockouts.

Harman has been in such situations. She’s been hardened over the years, having had to taste defeat from the jaws of victory. 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023. She knows how to put these behind and script history for India. Let’s bring it home, Kaptaan!