Dubai: India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana said a day before the Women's T20 World Cup that there is no shortcut to defeat Australia and every team will have to give its best to win over the six-time champion team. Australia has won the T20 World Cup all the three times in the past. After defeating South Africa in the final one and a half years ago, former captain Meg Lanning announced her retirement, after which Alyssa Healy took over the command.

Every match of the World Cup is for us

Mandhana said before the first match of Group A against New Zealand on Friday, 'Every match of the World Cup is important and we have to give 100% in all of them. New Zealand and Sri Lanka are strong teams but there is no scope for mistakes against Australia. We have to give our best in the match against Australia. They are a great team and defeating them is a big challenge.'

The match against Pakistan is full of emotion.

She said that the match against Pakistan is always full of emotions. The two teams are to clash on October 6. Mandhana said, 'The rivalry between India and Pakistan involves the emotions of the supporters of both the teams. It is not that the players do not talk to each other but the emotions flowing in both the countries make it so exciting.'

I will try to give my best

He said, 'Every match of the World Cup is important for me and we will try to give our best in all of them. Day matches will be challenging in the heat here but there are no excuses while playing for the country. We have to go with full preparation.'