India joined New Zealand, Australia, England and South Africa as the five teams who have earned a direct qualification berth for the tournament. The competition will begin from February 6 to March 7 in 2021.
With 1.1 billion video views, the World Cup in Australia was the most-watched tournament in the history of women's cricket.
Kaur said it is more about fitness and not skills that separate them from Australia or England.
Unbeaten throughout the tournament, India were beaten by 85 runs by the defending champions, who clinched an unprecedented fifth world title in the shortest format.
India were outplayed in every department on Sunday evening at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground as Harmanpreet Kaur's side lost by 85 runs to hand Australia their fifth world title.
Taniya looked rattled after she was hit on her helmet while going for a sweep, forcing the Indian team's doctor and physio to rush out and check on her and subsequently taking her off the field.
Superstar Akshay Kumar is rooting for Indian women's cricket team to win the ongoing T20 World Cup final against Australia He posted a video on his Instagram handle in which he is seen conveying his best wishes to team India.
Averaging 40.25 with a blistering strike rate of 161, 16-year-old Shafali has been the heart and soul of India's batting throughout the four group matches and played a crucial role in the team's race to their maiden World T20 finale.
India will have a psychological advantage going into the final as they had stunned the defending champions by 17 runs in the tournament opener.
Just one win away from Women's T20 World Cup glory, Harmanpreet Kaur could be about to throw the biggest birthday bash of her life.
Four-time champions Australia will take on first-time finalists India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
After 22 gruelling matches over the last two weeks, Women's T20 World Cup 2020 comes full circle to where it started.
South Africa topped group B after their game against West Indies was abandoned due to rain.
Haynes said having watched Verma from close quarters during India A's series Down Under, they are now preparing ways to tackle the right-hander in the run-up to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between India and Australia at Sydney on February 21.
Richa is still soaking it all in. When most girls of her age will be preparing for their board exams in February, the 16-year-old Siliguri girl will be bracing for her maiden international cricket tour with the Indian women's side and that too the ICC World T20.
Among the batters, Jemimah Rodrigues continued to occupy the fourth spot, while Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur too remained static at the seventh and ninth positions respectively.
Mandhana, who did not feature in the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa, has been replaced by New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite at the top of the rankings.
Captain Mithali Raj and Punam Raut's 119-run stand for the third wicket fuelled the Indian run chase. Mithali was the top scorer with 66 runs while Raut scored 65. The stand was broken when Mithali fell to Marizanne Kapp.
Although the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to confirm the development, it was learnt that Mandhana picked up a knock on her toe during practice a couple of days ago.
In the first annual updates since the introduction of the women's global T20I rankings in October last year, which led to separate rankings for the two formats
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