Delhi: Although many different types of efforts made India the World Cup champion, but if 5 special ones are written then these 5 will be on the top:

Shafali Verma’s batting and bowling:

The South African captain also admitted that Shefali’s all-round game was like an ‘out of syllabus’ question for her, especially her bowling. Before they knew it, the damage was done. She was not even in the team and it was not even in the plan that she would bowl. He scored 87 runs and changed the course of the match by taking two valuable wickets. South Africa was tightening its grip on the match at that time. Harmanpreet did wonders by putting Shefali on attack.

‘Catch Wins the Match’:

This old saying of cricket proved true. The catch of the legendary Marizanne Cap on Shefali’s ball was the first such catch. Richa Ghosh, who had been doing ordinary wicketkeeping till now, then moved and did not make any mistakes. Amanjot Kaur first ran out the dangerous batsman Britts and created an atmosphere of trying to win. After that Amanjot took a brilliant catch of Laura Woolvert which was counted equal to the title winning catches of Kapil Dev and Surya Kumar Yadav.

A captain who fulfilled his responsibility well:

Whatever expectation was placed on Harmanpreet before the World Cup, it was placed on her bat. She shone in bits and pieces with the bat (who will forget her 89 runs in the semi-finals and the 167 run partnership with Jemima) but as a captain she was completely different. There was no one who did not criticize them for three consecutive defeats and the danger of not even playing the semi-finals. Harman neither let herself be broken by this nor did she allow the team to be broken due to the impact of the defeat. If this had happened in the Indian men’s team itself, there would have been news of factionalism, coach-captain discord and what not. Solved problem number 3 with Jemima. Putting Shefali on the attack in the final was a master stroke. After that, Harman did not let go of the control. Even after the victory, giving credit to the entire team for the victory, including old cricketers in the victory celebration, touching the feet of the coach and taking blessings, all these will always be remembered.

Not just 11, but crores were involved in the effort to win the final:

India had the advantage of having already played 3 matches (in which there was no defeat) in the same stadium in the ongoing World Cup, due to which they were familiar with the ground. This was South Africa’s first match on this ground. The rain kept affecting the practice match they had to play here before the final. At the same time, the packed stadium was shouting in support of Team India, crores of people across the country were with the team in support of Team India. The only voice from every heart was that we have to win. The team did not come under the pressure of these expectations and won.

Deepti’s sensational all-round performance:

Deepti Sharma was the highest wicket-taker of the tournament and in the final, she troubled the South African batsmen with 5 wickets. The 58 he scored before that took his identity as an all-rounder to a new height. In this way it seemed as if Team India used 12 players. Remember what Mohinder Amarnath did in both the knockout matches in the 1983 victory.