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‘Our future is bright’: Jemimah Rodrigues keeps her promise, reveals India’s team song after ODI World Cup final win over South Africa | Cricket News

‘Our future is bright’: Jemimah Rodrigues keeps her promise, reveals India’s team song after ODI World Cup final win over South Africa | Cricket News

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The Harmanpreet Kaur-led India created history on Sunday, beating South Africa by 52 runs to win their maiden ODI World Cup title at the D.Y.Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. After winning the women’s ODI World Cup final on Sunday, batter Jemimah Rodrigues kept the promise made four years ago about revealing the team song the day the team won the quadrennial event. In a BCCi video released post the victory, the batter could be seen leading the way to sing for the team and was joined by the rest of her teammates, as well as the support staff members. “We decided almost four years ago that we would only reveal our team song when we win the World Cup. And tonight is the night,” Rodrigues said in the video, before the team got together for the rendition: Story continues below this ad “Team India, Team India,Karde sabki hawa tight,Team India is here to fight.Koi na leta humko light,Our future is bright.Chand pe chalenge, sath me uthenge,Hum hai Team India, hum sath me jitenge.Na lega koi …

‘I ask them how the pitch is reacting’: Richa Ghosh opens up about keeping to Deepti Sharma and other spinners in World Cup final | Cricket News

‘I ask them how the pitch is reacting’: Richa Ghosh opens up about keeping to Deepti Sharma and other spinners in World Cup final | Cricket News

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Indian wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh opened up about how it helped to have conversations regarding the pitch with the likes of spinners Deepti Sharma and Sree Charani during the Women’s ODI World Cup final against South Africa on Sunday. Deepti had unarguably the best bowling spell of the tournament, where she took 5/39 in 9.3 overs and was supported by Charani, who took 1/48 in her nine overs. “I think the spinners that we have, whether it is Deepti or Charani. I ask them how the pitch is reacting and what is happening. It helps me and them as well. When I am keeping, I should also know how the pitch is reacting. I think that helps both of them. We talked about which ball would be good. I think that helped us a lot today,” Ghosh told reporters after the final on Sunday. Story continues below this ad As had been the case for the majority of the tournament, Ghosh produced a blistering cameo late in the innings with a 24-ball 34 that helped India …

‘Hum ko na, mar mar ke jaana chahiye final’: When Rohit Sharma and Smriti Mandhana discussed how India can break ICC knockouts jinx | Cricket News

‘Hum ko na, mar mar ke jaana chahiye final’: When Rohit Sharma and Smriti Mandhana discussed how India can break ICC knockouts jinx | Cricket News

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For more than a decade since their Champions Trophy win in 2013, no Indian senior team had tasted victory in any ICC event in any format. The semi-finals and beyond had been a constant for the Indian men’s in the period before slip-ups while the women’s team also suffered heart-breaking defeats in summit clash. Former India captain Rohit Sharma was in attendance on Sunday at the iconic DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai when the Women in Blue broke the agonising title jinx by clinching their maiden World Cup title, beating South Africa by 52 runs. It is a hurdle that Rohit himself hasn’t crossed as player or captain thus far in his career – winning an ODI World Cup – a goal that he had come so close to as captain in the 2023 World Cup before conceding the summit clash to serial winners Australia. As Rohit oversaw the likes of Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues rejoicing their title triumph, social media had swirled back in time to 2020 when the three Maharashtra superstars …