The Indian women’s cricket team created history on Sunday, clinching their first-ever Women’s Cricket World Cup title with a spectacular 52-run victory over South Africa at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side delivered an extraordinary performance, with Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma starring in a landmark win.

In a heartwarming celebration that captured global attention, Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues shared a picture on social media showing them sleeping next to the coveted World Cup trophy—a gesture reminiscent of Rohit Sharma’s iconic T20 World Cup celebration. Jemimah Rodrigues, who played a match-winning knock of 127* in the semi-final against Australia, captioned her Instagram post, “Are we still dreaming?”

Other teammates, including Arundhati Reddy and

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