India, Jan. 7 -- She considers Australia the best women's cricket team in the world right now but Ashleigh Gardner is also spooked by the fact that recently-crowned ODI world champion India is well on its way to become a "very hard to beat" side in the coming decade. Gardner, who was a part of the Australian team which lost to India in the Women's World Cup semifinal last year, said Harmanpreet Kaur and Co Are improving by leaps and bounds.

"India's going to be one of those teams in the next five to ten years that are going to be very hard to beat," said Gardner, who would be turning up for Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League starting January 9. "It's an exciting prospect, it's scary as an Australian, but I guess knowing that th...