Smriti Mandhana said India’s ICC Women’s World Cup win still felt unreal as she recalled years of heartbreak and hard work. Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh, and Prajakta Rawal also shared emotional reflections on India’s historic triumph in Navi Mumbai.

HYDERABAD: Flamboyant batter and vice-captain of the victorious Indian team, Smriti Mandhana, said she had never been emotional on a cricket field but just a very unreal moment when the team had won the World Cup in Navi Mumbai against South Africa after midnight on Sunday.

“I don’t know how to react to that being World Champions. Home World Cup. Just to read ‘Champions – India’, I am still not able to process it. Every World Cup we go in and there’s been so many heartbreaks for all of us,” Smriti said.

“But we always believe we’ve got a bigg

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