Navi Mumbai: For someone who burst into tears of joy in the dugout after her team’s incredible semifinal win over Australia, Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was all smiles the day India finally lifted their first-ever Women’s World Cup trophy. Beaming with pride, she walked into the press conference room with the trophy by her side. Beginning with a dose of humour, Harmanpreet took a dig at her wretched luck with tosses — she lost eight out of nine, including the one in the final. “From the first ball itself, I had the belief that it doesn’t matter — because we don’t normally win the toss — we knew we had to bat first,” she said with a grin. Asked about the feeling of finally touching a trophy that India had waited so long to claim, she asserted that her team’s “

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