PM Modi hosts India Women’s World Cup winning team at his residence

Aakash Saini

Indian women's team with PM Narendra Modi [Source: @BJP4Maharashtra/x]Indian women's team with PM Narendra Modi [Source: @BJP4Maharashtra/x]

Since winning the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, the laurels and accolades seem to be piling up for the Indian Women’s team. After getting rewarded with a huge cash prize from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Harmanpreet Kaur and co. have now been invited to the residence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Indian PM interacted with the Indian players as well as with the support staff members, and congratulated the team for their resilience throughout the tournament.

Indian women’s team gift a special jersey to PM Modi

The Indian women’s team, including captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana as well as the entire support staff were invited to the residence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, November 5, i.e., just a couple of days after the ‘Women in Blue’ lifted the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

The prime minister congratulated the Indian women’s team for their spirited turnaround in the tournament, considering Harmanpreet Kaur and co. had lost three matches in a row at one stage of the opening league round.

Moreover, the Indian women’s team also gifted PM Modi a specially designed Indian jersey, inscribed with the name ‘NAMO’, short for Narendra Modi.

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The Indian Women’s team decimated South Africa by 52 runs in the final, after suppressing defending champions Australia in a dramatic semifinal. While Jemimah Rodrigues won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for her unbeaten 127-run knock against Australia, it was Shafali Verma who bagged the same in the title clash.

Seasoned all-rounder Deepti Sharma clinched the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award for scoring 215 runs and picking up 22 wickets in the competition.