Tendulkar’s advice helped India win World Cup final:Harmanpreet reveals- ‘Sachin had told me that when the game is too fast, it should be slowed down’

Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur revealed that she received a call from Sachin Tendulkar the night before the World Cup final. Everyone was giving her advice, but Tendulkar’s words were the most special for her. Harmanpreet said in an ICC Review: Before the match, Sachin shared his experiences and said- When the match starts moving very fast, keep yourself a little calm. Try to slow down the game a bit. Because when you move too fast, there is a risk of slipping. We don’t have to make that same mistake. India won their first title in the Women’s World Cup by defeating South Africa by 52 runs on November 2. It still feels like a dream after 5 days Harmanpreet said that it has been five days since that historic night in Navi Mumbai, but she still hasn’t fully grasped the victory. She said, “To be honest, I still haven’t realized what we have achieved. Maybe after a few months, I will understand what we have done for the country. Right now, it all feels like a dream.” Whenever we meet each other, we just say, ‘World Champions.’ It’s a very different feeling. We had been waiting for this moment for a long time. My parents were present at that match. It was very special for me that I could lift the World Cup trophy in front of them. Since childhood, I had been saying that I want to wear India’s jersey, play for the country, captain the team, and win the World Cup. Third Indian captain to win the ODI World Cup Harmanpreet has now become India’s third captain to lift the ODI World Cup trophy. Before her, Kapil Dev (1983) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2011) had achieved this feat. She is the first Indian woman captain to win the World Cup. She said- I also told Amol Mazumdar sir that it feels like we have won a bilateral series and are now returning home. The real impact will be understood in a few months. Harmanpreet has previously captained India in the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup final as well. But this win is the biggest achievement of her 16-year international career. Mandhana, Deepti and Shafali called heroes Harmanpreet has credited the final victory to vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, all-rounder Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma. Regarding Shafali, she said, when Shafali came into the team, people were saying whether she should be played in the final, but we had decided that she would play. She has faced pressure in both the T20 and Under-19 World Cups before. When the partnership between South African batters Wolvaardt and Luus was growing, I thought she should be given an over, and she immediately turned the match around by taking two consecutive wickets. We want Smriti to score a century in every match Regarding Smriti Mandhana, Harman said – her contribution to the team will always be remembered. When she bats, the entire team prays for her to score a century. Because when she scores runs, everything else automatically falls into place. Harmanpreet said about Deepti Sharma – Deepti just needed a little confidence. Many times we felt that she didn’t trust herself as much as the team trusted her ability. Deepti was named Player of the Tournament. She also scored 215 runs along with 22 wickets. Deepti scored half-centuries against Sri Lanka, England, and South Africa in the final.