Vizag roars for ‘Women in Blue’ as they triumph in first T20 match against Sri Lanka

A lively and enthusiastic ambiance prevailed astatine the Dr YSR ACA VDCA International Cricket Stadium, successful Visakhapatnam connected Sunday, arsenic enthusiastic cricket lovers gathered to witnesser the archetypal T20 International lucifer betwixt India Women and Sri Lanka Women. Though the stadium was not wholly packed, the turnout was impressive.

Spectators were seen sporting bluish jerseys, waving the National Flag and passionately cheering for the ‘Women successful Blue’. Some fans travelled from crossed Andhra Pradesh, including Kakinada, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam, portion a fewer adjacent made the travel from neighbouring Odisha to enactment the Indian team. Notably, a important fig of girls and women were seen successful attendance.

Many young fans were seen holding placards that said: “Vizag welcomes World Champions,” portion others proudly displayed messages expressing admiration for prima players specified arsenic Smriti Mandanna, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Andhra Pradesh’s ain Sree Charani, who received a lukewarm applause whenever she was successful action.

The crowd’s excitement was further fuelled by India’s ascendant performance, pursuing their broad triumph successful the archetypal T20 match. Spectators lauded the disciplined and effectual bowling spells of Arundhati Reddy, Deepti Sharma, Vaishnavi Sharma and Sree Charani, who played a important relation successful restricting Sri Lanka.

The stands erupted erstwhile Smriti Mandanna and Jemimah Rodrigues played elegant shots and struck classical boundaries, sending fans into a frenzy. Many spectators captured these memorable moments connected their mobile phones, eagerly sharing photos and videos connected societal media arsenic players approached the bound ropes.

Outside the stadium, the festive temper continued with galore stalls selling the Indian squad jerseys, caps and the flags.

In a heartwarming initiative, Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi arranged for 60 miss children from assorted NGOs to ticker their archetypal ever unrecorded planetary match. Experiencing a unrecorded planetary crippled for the archetypal time, the young girls expressed immense joyousness and gratitude to the metropolis constabulary for their gesture.