Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met with members of India’s victorious Ladies’s World Cup-winning squad, describing the interplay as a “delight”.
“You all have carried out a terrific job… Cricket is not only a recreation in India, it has develop into a lifestyle for folks. Once we do properly in cricket, complete India feels good however once we do not then the entire nation turns into upset,” Modi was heard saying in a video of the interplay.
Within the video, members of Group India have been seen clad in formal clothes, with massive smiles as they met PM Modi.
The Prime Minister additionally took to X, the place he wrote, “Each Indian feels immense satisfaction in Group India’s World Cup victory. It was a delight interacting with the ladies’s cricket workforce. Do watch!”
Because the workforce met Modi, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur recalled an earlier interplay with the PM.
“I nonetheless bear in mind once we met you [PM Modi] in 2017. We did not include the trophy…,” the India skipper mentioned, recalling the Ladies in Blue’s 2017 loss to England within the ultimate.
“…however it’s a matter of nice honour that we’re right here immediately with trophy for which we’ve got been working onerous for thus a few years,” she added with pleasure.
Group India’s head coach Amol Mazumdar, in the meantime, hailed the squad, saying that the “daughters of the nation have carried out nice”.
“They did large work. Their depth was identical in each follow session. Their onerous work has paid,” Mazumdar added.
A maiden title
Group India clinched a historic victory in opposition to South Africa on Sunday within the ultimate of the ICC Ladies’s World Cup 2025, successful the match by a snug 52-run margin.
India’s cruise to victory was aided by a stellar innings by Shafali Verma, who hit a powerful 87 runs in 78 balls.
Deepti Sharma, in the meantime, shone on the bowling entrance, taking a sensational 5 wickets and gifting away simply 39 runs. Sharma additionally hit a half-century whereas batting, scoring an important 58 runs for the Group India.
The win marked the Ladies in Blue’s maiden Ladies’s World Cup title.
