What the Indian women’s cricket team achieved on Sunday night was the culmination of years of work bearing fruit and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur vouched for that after the incredible World Cup final victory against South Africa at the DY Patil Stadium, here on Sunday.
The Indian captain was overcome with emotion and spoke to the media from her heart on what the astonishing win meant to Indian women’s cricket on a global scale.
This is the start. We wanted to break this barrier. And our next plan is to make this a habit. We were waiting for it, now this moment has come. So many big occasions are coming, and we want to keep improving. This is not the end, just the beginning,” the skipper said.
Shafali Verma played a stellar role in the final smashing a hugely consequential 87 and followed that up with two wickets while India defended 299.
Harmanpreet spoke about her instinct and gut that made her persist with Shafali when South Africa were consolidating.
When Laura and Sune were batting, they were looking really good. I just saw Shafali standing there, and the way she was batting, I knew it was our day.
