Women's ODI World Cup 2025: Deepti Sharma On Being Crowned 'Player Of The Tournament', Says 'I Have Performed Exactly...'

ODI World Cup 2025: Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who was one of India's mainstays in both batting and bowling departments, stated that Team India was destined to break the ICC title jinx for the Women's side. Notably, Deepti starred on the night of the final with a five-wicket haul as well as a run-a-ball 58 to keep India ahead in the entire match.

Overall, she scalped 22 wickets and scored 215 runs in total to earn the player of the tournament award.

India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final in front of a packed crowd at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai.

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"I am feeling really good, since the day we played the first game of the World Cup, I have performed exactly how I wanted to play as a senior player. There cannot be anything better than giving such a good performance in the final and lifting the trophy," Deepti told PTI Videos.

On the long wait for a world title, she added: "It took us really long to win the World Cup, but what God has written for you happens only at the destined time and I think it was written to take place in India.

"I have so many good memories of DY Patil Stadium as we have won all the series here. We were very positive as a team, and whatever the result might be we will play as a team.

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"We wanted to win it as this was happening in India and we had to win this as a team. Every ball we were feeling like this game will end soon, and the result will be in our favour, and now that wait has come to an end.

Inputs from PTI