Harmanpreet Kaur recreates MS Dhoni's pose in front of Mumbai's Gateway of India after Women's World Cup 2025 triumph [Watch]

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Harmanpreet Kaur with the World Cup trophy. (Credits: Getty)

India women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur recreated MS Dhoni's famous picture in front of Mumbai's Gateway of India after the historic World Cup victory on Sunday, November 2. Like Dhoni in 2011, Harmanpreet posed in front of the Gateway of India with the World Cup while wearing India's blue jersey in a photoshoot.

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Led by the veteran batter, the India women's team scripted history, lifting their first-ever World Cup trophy. The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai saw the Women in Blue outclass South Africa by 52 runs as they successfully defended 298.

Shafali Varma and Deepti Sharma were the chief architects of the victory, with the latter returning with figures of 9.3-0-39-5. Shafali, on the other hand, scored 87 off 78 deliveries and followed it up by snaring two crucial scalps.

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Here's the video of Harmanpreet Kaur's photoshoot:

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The skipper took the final catch of the match after Nadine de Klerk sliced one to the off-side off Deepti Sharma's bowling. Unfiltered celebrations followed in the aftermath.


"Jhulan di was my biggest support" - Harmanpreet Kaur

Jhulan Goswami played 284 matches for India. (Credits: Getty)
Jhulan Goswami played 284 matches for India. (Credits: Getty)

India's fast-bowling icon Jhulan Goswami shared some emotional moments with Harmanpreet and Co. after the World Cup win. The Indian captain credited the legendary cricketer for being a pillar of support during her early days. She stated, as quoted by ICC:

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"Jhulan di was my biggest support. When I joined the team, she was leading it and she always supported me in my early days when I was very raw and didn't know much about cricket. Anjum di, too. Both of them have been a great support for me and I'm very grateful that I got to share a special moment with them. It was a very emotional moment. I think we all were waiting for this. Finally, we were able to touch this trophy."
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Harmanpreet also recalled her reaction when it was announced that the DY Patil Stadium would host the World Cup final. She said:

"I've played many World Cups with her (Mandhana) and every time we lost, we went home heartbroken and stayed quiet for a few days. When we returned, we always said, 'we have to start again from ball one'. It was heartbreaking because we played so many World Cups - reaching finals, semi-finals, and sometimes not even that far. We were always thinking, when will we break this? As soon as we got to know that our venue had been changed to DY Patil Stadium, we all got so happy because we’ve always played good cricket there and the biggest thing is the crowd — it’s always so supportive."

Deepti was named the Player of the Tournament for scoring 215 runs and picking up 22 wickets.

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