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President Droupadi Murmu connected Thursday (November 6, 2025) congratulated the Indian women cricket squad for creating past by winning the World Cup and said they person go relation models for the younger generation, particularly girls.
Ms. Murmu met the members of the team, who won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, astatine the Rashtrapati Bhavan, wherever skipper Harmanpreet Kaur presented her a squad jersey signed by each the players.
“The younger generation, particularly girls, volition beryllium inspired to determination up successful life,” Ms. Murmu was quoted arsenic saying successful a connection issued by her office.
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu arrives to conscionable the ODI World Cup winning women's cricket team, astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan, successful New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) (PTI11_06_2025_000169A) | Photo Credit: -
Ms. Murmu expressed assurance that the squad volition support Indian cricket astatine the apical successful the aboriginal arsenic well. She besides acknowledged the hardships the players indispensable person faced successful their cricketing journey.
“Sometimes they would person adjacent mislaid sleep. But they overcame each challenges,” she said.
Ms. Murmu said that aft the triumph implicit New Zealand, radical powerfully believed that contempt the ups and downs successful the match, “our daughters would prevail.” She underlined that their hard work, fantabulous playing skills, determination, and the emotion and blessings of their families and cricket lovers person been down their success.
Ms. Murmu congratulated each subordinate of the team. “Millions of Indians successful each country of the state and overseas are celebrating this victory.” The President said that the squad reflected India successful its makeup. “They correspond antithetic regions, antithetic societal backgrounds, antithetic circumstances. But they are 1 Team -- India. This squad shows India astatine its best.”
President Droupadi Murmu with women's cricket squad skipper Harmanpreet Kaur during a gathering pursuing the team's triumph successful the ODI World Cup, astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan, successful New Delhi, connected Nov. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
She said that the squad strengthened the content of each Indians successful their capableness by defeating the seven-time satellite champion and then-undefeated Australian team.
Ms. Murmu said she appreciated each - caput coach, bowling coach, fielding coach, and enactment staff. During the interaction, Kaur besides presented the World Cup trophy to the President.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday met the triumphant Indian women cricket squad astatine his residence here.
The squad won its archetypal planetary trophy -- the 50-over World Cup -- beating South Africa by 52 runs successful the last successful Navi Mumbai connected Sunday.
