CWG 2022: Women must climb a mountain to win India's first cricket medal

A few possible scenarios on how Indian women's cricket team can bag a medal at upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Smriti Mandhana, a key part of Indian women's cricket team, said that the country’s chances of winning a medal at the upcoming Commonwealth Games are very high, while adding she would want nothing less than gold. “Our preparations have been good and we are gunning for the gold, just not a podium finish," she said.

But is winning gold, or for that matter any medal in the competitive field of women’s cricket, at Birmingham 2022 going to be easy?

No hiccups seen in the initial phase

The Indian team would not like to give much importance to Australia,