Triumphant India team meets Modi

Fresh from their victory in the ODI World Cup, the Indian women's cricket team met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.

During the interaction, Modi commended the team's "remarkable resilience and comeback" in the World Cup after enduring a tough phase marked by three consecutive defeats.

The prime minister also referred to the trolling the Indian players had faced on the social media after the early setbacks and praised them for showing exemplary mental strength to bounce back and script history.

Recalling their earlier meeting with Modi after the 2017 World Cup, captain Harmanpreet Kaur said the team had then come without a trophy and hopefully they will achieve success and get to meet him more often.

India scripted history by winning its maiden world cup title in the 50-over tournament with a 52-run victory over South Africa in the final in Navi Mumbai last week.

The Player of the Tournament Deepti Sharma told Modi she had been waiting to meet him since 2017, recalling how he had then urged them to keep working hard to achieve their dream.