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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025) met the triumphant Indian women's cricket team astatine his residence and lauded the players for their “remarkable resilience and comeback” successful the World Cup aft enduring a pugnacious signifier marked by 3 consecutive defeats.
The Prime Minister besides referred to the trolling the players had faced connected societal media aft the aboriginal setbacks and praised them for showing exemplary intelligence spot to bounce backmost and publication history.
Recalling their earlier gathering with Modi aft the 2017 World Cup, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said the squad had past travel without a trophy hopefully they volition execute occurrence and get to conscionable him much often.
PM Modi interacts with the players
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana said the Prime Minister’s words were a immense root of motivation.
The Harmanpreet-led broadside arrived successful the nationalist superior connected Tuesday evening for the meeting, 2 days aft scripting a defining infinitesimal for Indian women’s cricket by winning its maiden planetary rubric — the 50-over World Cup — with a 52-run triumph implicit South Africa successful the last successful Navi Mumbai.
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During the interaction, Player of the Tournament Deepti Sharma told Modi she had been waiting to conscionable him since 2017, recalling however helium had past urged them to support moving hard to execute their dream.
When the Prime Minister mentioned her “Jai Shri Ram” Instagram bio and the tattoo of Lord Hanuman connected her arm, Deepti smiled and said they gave her strength.
Harmanpreet asked Modi however helium manages to enactment successful the contiguous astatine each times. The Prime Minister replied that it had go a portion of his beingness and a wont implicit time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a jersey with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur arsenic helium poses for a photograph with the Indian women's cricket team, successful New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI
He besides recalled immoderate memorable moments from the team’s journey, including Harleen Deol’s spectacular drawback against England successful 2021, astir which helium had posted connected societal media.
The Prime Minister fondly referred to Harmanpreet pocketing the shot aft the World Cup final. She said she was fortunate that the shot came to her.
In a lighter vein, Modi besides spoke astir Amanjot Kaur’s juggling drawback successful the final. While catching, you indispensable person been seeing the ball, but aft catching it, you indispensable person been seeing the trophy, helium joked.
Kranti Gaud told the Prime Minister that her member is simply a large instrumentality of his, to which helium extended an unfastened invitation to conscionable him.
Modi urged the players to beforehand the Fit India message, particularly among girls crossed the country. He expressed interest implicit the increasing occupation of obesity and emphasised the value of fittingness and carnal activity.
He besides encouraged them to sojourn their schools and animate young minds to instrumentality up sports.
The players volition present disperse to their respective hometowns. Shafali Verma, however, volition caput to Nagaland to pb the North Zone broadside successful the upcoming Inter-Zonal T20 meet.
India’s World Cup triumph marked a watershed infinitesimal for women’s cricket successful the country, bringing to fruition years of toil and near-misses, arsenic Harmanpreet’s broadside overcame formidable South Africa to go lone the 4th squad to assistance the ODI title.
