Rana, 27, scored a match-saving, unbeaten 80 and took four wickets with her off-spin against England in the Bristol Test last month, while in the two ODIs, she scored 29 runs and picked up two wickets with an economy rate of 4.35.

Harmanpreet, who scored an unbeaten 171 against Australia during the ICC ODI World Cup semi-final at Derby in 2017, is currently battling poor form, having managed just 12 runs in the Bristol Test and has a total of just 36 runs under her belt from the three ODIs against England recently. However, in the last few months, she has overcome a groin injury that occurred during the fifth ODI versus South Africa last March and has battled Coronavirus.

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“At the international level, you can’t just come in and get things easily. But after five innings I have understood where and how I need to improve. In this T20I series, you will definitely see a different approach from my side,” said Harmanpreet, who has scored 2,186 runs in 114 T20Is.

“I am someone who likes to train and work hard every day. But, because of Covid-19 and the injury, I didn’t get that much time to prepare. This is not an excuse, it’s just that I’m someone who needs a lot of time on the ground to prepare,” added the Punjab all-rounder, who has been watching videos of her match-winning knocks in a bid to motivate herself.

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