Pakistan, June 11 -- Winning is what Australia is all about. In the history of cricket's white ball world championships, the Australian women have won 13. The rest of the world has won nine.

This week, Australia start the 10th Women's Twenty20 World Cup ranked No. 1 and favored for a seventh title.

But thanks to being cricket's financial engine, India is making up for lost time. The men have won their last two T20 World Cups, the most recent in March, and the women won their first ODI World Cup last November.

That supercharged their confidence, so much so that in February they handed Australia its first T20 bilateral series defeat since 2017 and won in Australia for the first time in a decade.

"There's a belief in the team now that we...