NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur had a calm night, keeping the coveted ICC World Cup trophy beside her and her hands on it. The Indian women’s cricket team kept its date with history by winning its first-ever World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs to script a golden chapter in the country’s pantheon of sporting achievements on Sunday. More than the win itself, Harmanpreet also sent a powerful message through the words printed on the back of her T-shirt. “Some dreams are shared by a billion people. That’s why cricket is everyone’s game,” Harmanpreet wrote in her caption while sharing a picture of herself wearing the T-shirt and sleeping with the trophy. “Cricket is a gentleman's EVERYONE'S game,” the text on the T-shirt read — with ‘gentleman’s’ struck out.

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