Harmanpreet Kaur’s lifelong dream finally became reality on Sunday night as she held aloft the Women’s World Cup trophy, leading India to a commanding 52-run win over South Africa in Navi Mumbai. The moment, decades in the making, brought with it not just victory, but a message, one she hopes will echo through future generations of young cricketers: “Never stop dreaming. You never know where your destiny will take you.”

In a video shared by the BCCI, Harmanpreet looked back on her earliest memories of cricket, playing with a bat far too big for her, one she had borrowed from her father’s kit.

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“Ever since, as a kid, I started getting a sense of what likes and dislikes are, I’ve always seen a bat in my hand,” she said. “I still remember we used to play with a bat from my dad

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