<p align="justify">Aggression comes naturally to Harmanpreet Kaur and she attributes her six-hitting prowess to playing with men in the formative days of her career.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />Harmanpreet's 171 against Australia in the World Cup semifinal made her an overnight sensation and started comparing the 28-year-old to the legendary Kapil Dev.<br /><br />The batting star said the memorable innings was not any different to her usual style of play as she likes to play aggressive brand of cricket since childhood.<br /><br />"I like to bat in that way since childhood, I have learnt to play that way and played cricket with boys, who used to hit sixes and I liked hitting sixes.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />"In the final (that India lost to England), we needed runs and I was going for runs, I played the shot thinking it will be fully covered, but it went into the fieder’s hand. I was very disappointed," Harmanpreet told reporters here.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />She was due for runs in the knock out stages after a quiet league stage. And the team could not have asked her for more in the semifinal.<br /><br />"I have played knocks like that in domestic cricket, I got chance in international but never made a long score. That match was telecast and people saw it, we had the hunger to win ‘that match and I was happy that I played that knock when the team needed and the team won," said the right-handed batswoman.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />She insists that her focus is always on the team's total while batting and that is why she did not worry about her fitness during the marathon knock against Australia.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />"It was not at all difficult in terms of fitness, as I like fitness and like to play football. There were injuries, but thanks to physio, I did alright," she added. </p>
<p align="justify">Aggression comes naturally to Harmanpreet Kaur and she attributes her six-hitting prowess to playing with men in the formative days of her career.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />Harmanpreet's 171 against Australia in the World Cup semifinal made her an overnight sensation and started comparing the 28-year-old to the legendary Kapil Dev.<br /><br />The batting star said the memorable innings was not any different to her usual style of play as she likes to play aggressive brand of cricket since childhood.<br /><br />"I like to bat in that way since childhood, I have learnt to play that way and played cricket with boys, who used to hit sixes and I liked hitting sixes.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />"In the final (that India lost to England), we needed runs and I was going for runs, I played the shot thinking it will be fully covered, but it went into the fieder’s hand. I was very disappointed," Harmanpreet told reporters here.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />She was due for runs in the knock out stages after a quiet league stage. And the team could not have asked her for more in the semifinal.<br /><br />"I have played knocks like that in domestic cricket, I got chance in international but never made a long score. That match was telecast and people saw it, we had the hunger to win ‘that match and I was happy that I played that knock when the team needed and the team won," said the right-handed batswoman.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />She insists that her focus is always on the team's total while batting and that is why she did not worry about her fitness during the marathon knock against Australia.</p>.<p align="justify"><br />"It was not at all difficult in terms of fitness, as I like fitness and like to play football. There were injuries, but thanks to physio, I did alright," she added. </p>