Punjabi songs, bhangra on dhol, dark glasses and a hoodie: Harmanpreet Kaur was a vibe after World Cup victory | Cricket News

The evening belonged to Harmanpreet Kaur – and she ensured that the celebrations lived up to India’s historic triumph. With Punjabi beats blaring on its speaker, dhols echoing, the skipper grooving in dark glasses and a hoodie, Harmanpreet was pure vibes. A generally introverted personality, Harmanpreet let her hair down as the women in blue transformed the World Cup after-party into a full-blown bhangra party.

The Indian women’s cricket team, led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur, registered their first ever World Cup victory with a 52-run win over South Africa in the summit clash in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. The historic feat was marked by emotional celebrations as Harmanpreet took the last catch at midnight, creating a milestone in the history of Indian sports.Harmanpreet displayed a range of emotions after scoring the winning ball, running across the pitch before standing back to watch his team’s celebrations. She then shared emotional moments with coach Amol Muzumdar and former players Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.Click here to watch the video.The victory celebration reached its peak when Harmanpreet and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana embraced Jhulan Goswami, dedicating the victory to him with the words “Didi, Yeh Aapke liye thaa”.And when Harmanpreet spoke at the post-match presentation ceremony, it was not lost on her what it means to be the first women’s team to achieve the unthinkable.“This is the beginning. We wanted to break this barrier. And our next plan is to make it a habit. We have been waiting for it, now this time has come. So many big opportunities are coming and we want to keep improving. This is not the end, just the beginning,” the skipper said.The captaincy is largely a matter of planning, but just as it was for Kapil Dev on June 25, 1983, whose intuition told him to give one more to Madan Lal against a rampaging Vivian Richards.Harmanpreet felt it on Sunday, and his trump card was Shafali Verma, who probably couldn’t have done anything wrong.“When Laura and Sune were hitting, they looked really good. I just saw Shafali standing there, and the way she was hitting, I knew it was our day.

“I thought I had to follow my intuition. My heart was telling me that I had to give him at least one. And that was the turning point for us. In the end, they panicked a bit and that’s when we conceded. At the right time, Deepti came in and took those wickets.”Shafali had bowled 14 overs in his entire international ODI career and got two crucial wickets that day.“When she came into the team, we told her we might need 2-3 overs, and she said if you give me bowling, I will bowl ten overs. Credit goes to her, she was so positive and she was there for the team. Salute her.”