Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepika TC honoured at Reliance event:Jasprit Bumrah, Sachin Tendulkar to Shah Rukh Khan attended glitzy ceremony

Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma, current Indian women’s team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and the Indian Blind women’s team captain Deepika TC were honoured at the Reliance ‘United by Triumph’ event in Mumbai. Reliance Foundation founder-chairperson Nita M Ambani called the second edition of ‘United in Triumph’ a thank you on behalf of every Indian to India’s three World Cup-winning teams: men’s, women’s, and blind women’s in Mumbai on Monday. Apart from the three World Cup-winning captains, the event turned out to be a glitzy affair as senior men’s team players Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah attended the celebration. Former legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar also graced the event, while Bollywood celebs Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan were also in attendance. Olympic and Paralympic legends, including Murlikant Petkar, Deepa Malik and Devendra Jhajaharia, were also present. Nita Ambani thanked the three Indian captains Nita Ambani said, “I think we are starting the New Year’s with a very special occasion. All three cricket teams, the men’s cricket team, the women’s cricket team and the blind cricket team of India are all here under one roof, and on behalf of every Indian, we are going to honour them tonight for giving us so much joy and happiness.” She continued, “Sport joins hearts and India. Today we are united in triumph. We are going to celebrate them and celebrate their victories.” The event was organised to honour the efforts of the men’s T20 World Cup-winning 2024 team led by Rohit Sharma, which beat South Africa by seven runs at Barbados last year on the back of a fine pace choke by India in death overs and a fine half-century by Virat Kohli (76). The ICC Women’s World Cup-winning team, which beat South Africa by 52 runs courtesy of all-round shows by Shafali Verma (87 and two wickets) and Deepti Sharma (58 and 5/39) at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium and the blind women’s team, which won the inaugural Women’s T20 World Cup for the Blind by beating Nepal by seven wickets in Sri Lanka last year, chasing down an easy total of 115 runs.