NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hosted the Indian women’s team, which secured the ICC Women’s World Cup, at his residence at Lok Kalyan Marg.

PM Modi congratulated the team for the victory and praised their remarkable comeback in the tournament after a string of three defeats and the trolling they had faced on social media. The players gifted a signed jersey with ‘Namo 1’ printed on it to PM Modi. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Mithun Manhas, was also present. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur recalled meeting the Prime Minister in 2017 (after a narrow loss to England in the finals at Lord’s), when they had met the PM without the trophy, and now that they have met him with the trophy, they wish to meet him more often.

Vice Captain Smriti Mandhana,

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