Wishes pour in for Birthday Girl to win World Cup for India.

KARACHI -- Harmanpreet Kaur will have her own birth date (March 8) in the deep of her mind when she will be leading the Indian team in the ICC World Cup T-20i final on Sunday in Melbourne. "Yes, she will have some birthday pressure but she will be able to get the best performance out of her players and make sure that they are motivated and by doing so, she will motivate herself and come out with the great performance", believes former women's team captain Nilima Jogalekar (also known as Nilima Barve). "Confidence must be high.

They have beaten the mighty Australians and NZ teams in the tournament. Indian team and particularly the birth day girl Harman is experienced. So leave aside pressure, she will be confident and raring to go and perform at the highest stage". Former India wicket-keeper Anju Jain believes that birthday pressure will not be too much on captain. "I don;'t think so she will be more focussed on the match rather than her birthday". "I know of Harman is that she is a fearless player and a leader That's how she plays and will do that in the final as well".

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