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Xnew delhi: Still quite overwhelmed by emotions, India’s newest World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has recalled how picking up her sports tragic father’s “big” cricket bat as a kid ignited the dream that is now a reality.

After leading India to a 52-run win over South Africa in the women’s World Cup summit clash in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, Harmanpreet, in a video posted by the BCCI, recalled her childhood and also had one advice for aspiring young players -- “Never stop dreaming. You never know where your destiny will take you.”

“Ever since, I was a kid, I’ve always had a bat in my hand. I still remember we used to play with a bat from my dad’s kit bag. The bat was very big. One day, my dad carved a small bat for me out of one of his old bats. We used to play with it. Whene

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