Delhi cricketer awarded ₹1.5 cr. for helping India win World Cup

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Sunday announced a currency prize of ₹1.5 crore for Delhi pistillate cricketer Pratika Rawal for her publication successful helping the Indian women’s squad clinch the maiden ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 title.

“Today, astatine the main minister’s Jan Seva Sadan, we welcomed the talented young subordinate of the Indian women’s cricket team, Pratika Rawal. Our superb girl [Pratika] has made Delhi proud. In designation of her committedness to the athletics and her outstanding performance, the Delhi authorities volition grant her a prize of ₹1.5 crore,” Ms. Gupta said successful an X post, sharing the images of her gathering with the 25-year-old World Cup winner.

Ms. Rawal, who amassed 308 runs to go the fourth-highest tally getter successful the quadrennial showpiece event, missed retired connected playing the last and semifinal matches aft suffering an wounded successful a lucifer against Bangladesh. India lifted the coveted cupful aft defeating South Africa by 52 runs connected November 2.

After India’s victory, a wheelchair-bound Ms. Rawal was escorted by her teammates for on-field celebrations. The Chief Minister lavished praise connected Ms. Rawal, saying that she is simply a surviving embodiment of energy, courageousness and women’s empowerment. “Her [Pratika Rawal] travel shows that Delhi not lone gives commencement to dreams but besides helps them instrumentality flight. Heartiest wishes for her agleam future,” the CM said.

Responding to the award, the batting all-rounder said that it was a large root of inspiration.

“Delhi has ever fixed maine the assurance to determination forward, and this honour received contiguous from your [Rekha Gupta] hands capable maine with adjacent much energy, dedication, and responsibility. I committedness that successful the coming times, I volition proceed to enactment with afloat dedication to instrumentality the sanction of the state and Delhi adjacent higher connected the planetary stage,” Ms. Rawal said successful a station connected X.