PM Modi meets victorious Indian women’s cricket team

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (November 5, 2025) met the triumphant Indian women’s cricket team at his residence and lauded the gamers for his or her “outstanding resilience and comeback” within the World Cup after enduring a tricky part marked by three consecutive defeats.

The Prime Minister additionally referred to the trolling the gamers had confronted on social media after the early setbacks and praised them for displaying exemplary psychological power to bounce again and script historical past.

Recalling their earlier assembly with Modi after the 2017 World Cup, captain Harmanpreet Kaur stated the crew had then come and not using a trophy hopefully they’ll obtain success and get to satisfy him extra typically.

PM Modi interacts with the gamers

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana stated the Prime Minister’s phrases have been an enormous supply of motivation.

The Harmanpreet-led facet arrived within the nationwide capital on Tuesday night for the assembly, two days after scripting a defining second for Indian ladies’s cricket by profitable its maiden world title — the 50-over World Cup — with a 52-run victory over South Africa within the ultimate in Navi Mumbai.

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Throughout the interplay, Participant of the Event Deepti Sharma informed Modi she had been ready to satisfy him since 2017, recalling how he had then urged them to maintain working laborious to attain their dream.

When the Prime Minister talked about her “Jai Shri Ram” Instagram bio and the tattoo of Lord Hanuman on her arm, Deepti smiled and stated they gave her power.

Harmanpreet requested Modi how he manages to remain within the current always. The Prime Minister replied that it had turn out to be part of his life and a behavior over time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a jersey with captain Harmanpreet Kaur as he poses for {a photograph} with the Indian ladies’s cricket crew, in New Delhi
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He additionally recalled some memorable moments from the crew’s journey, together with Harleen Deol’s spectacular catch in opposition to England in 2021, about which he had posted on social media.

The Prime Minister fondly referred to Harmanpreet pocketing the ball after the World Cup ultimate. She stated she was fortunate that the ball got here to her.

In a lighter vein, Modi additionally spoke about Amanjot Kaur’s juggling catch within the ultimate. Whereas catching, you should have been seeing the ball, however after catching it, you should have been seeing the trophy, he joked.

Kranti Gaud informed the Prime Minister that her brother is an enormous fan of his, to which he prolonged an open invitation to satisfy him.

Modi urged the gamers to advertise the Match India message, particularly amongst ladies throughout the nation. He expressed concern over the rising drawback of weight problems and emphasised the significance of health and bodily exercise.

He additionally inspired them to go to their faculties and encourage younger minds to take up sports activities.

The gamers will now disperse to their respective hometowns. Shafali Verma, nevertheless, will head to Nagaland to steer the North Zone facet within the upcoming Inter-Zonal T20 meet.

India’s World Cup triumph marked a watershed second for girls’s cricket within the nation, bringing to fruition years of toil and near-misses, as Harmanpreet’s facet overcame formidable South Africa to turn out to be solely the fourth crew to carry the ODI title.