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India’s triumphant Women’s ODI World Cup squad volition beryllium felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful New Delhi connected Wednesday evening (November 5, 2025). The team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, boarded a formation to the superior connected Tuesday (November 4, 2025) aft receiving an invitation from the Prime Minister’s Office precocious connected Monday (November 3, 2025).
This felicitation mirrors the 1 held for the men’s T20I squad successful July 2024, soon aft Rohit Sharma’s squad lifted the T20 World Cup successful Barbados. The men’s squad had met the Prime Minister earlier proceeding to Mumbai for a expansive triumph parade on Marine Drive promenade successful Mumbai.
However, dissimilar the men’s team, the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) is improbable to organise a triumph parade for Harmanpreet’s Hurricanes.
While BCCI officials person cited logistical difficulties, sources indicated that the determination besides stems from information concerns pursuing the tragic stampede extracurricular the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium successful Bengaluru earlier this year, during celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL triumph.
The incident, which turned fatal, led to Bengaluru losing hosting rights for the Women’s ODI World Cup matches — paving the mode for DY Patil Stadium successful Navi Mumbai to big India’s last 4 games, including the semifinal and final.
On Sunday nighttime (November 2, 2025), India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to triumph its maiden Women’s World Cup.
