Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia said on Saturday that the India Women's Cricket Team is "fully prepared" for the big challenges in the upcoming ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held from September 30 to November 2.

The Women in Blue will be playing the tournament opener against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This would be the first match at this venue since Bengaluru stampeded on June 4.

India will be hoping to go one step further at this year's tournament than they did in 2017, when they made it to their second Women's Cricket World Cup Final, missing out narrowly to England in a thrilling finish at Lord's.

Speaking on India's chances to lif...