'We are the champions!': Harmanpreet's leap & India's glory – watch winning moment

NEW DELHI: The infinitesimal Nadine de Klerk sliced a debased afloat flip from Deepti Sharma towards other cover, the federation held its breath. Harmanpreet Kaur, calm yet alert, timed her leap perfectly — walking backward, stretching her hands high, and clasping the shot that sealed India’s destiny.

And past came the eruption. India were the caller Women’s World Champions.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The DY Patil Stadium exploded successful joy. Harmanpreet continued moving — but this time, it wasn’t for a catch. It was a sprint of axenic emotion. Deepti Sharma was the archetypal to scope her captain, throwing her arms astir her, soon joined by the full squad successful a tearful, euphoric embrace. The Indian huddle became the halfway of the cricketing beingness — a awesome of dreams fulfilled and heartbreaks avenged.At the different end, South Africa’s brave skipper Laura Wolvaardt, who had crafted a magnificent 101, sat softly successful the dugout, arsenic the celebrations roared astir her. On the stands, erstwhile Indian men’s squad skipper Rohit Sharma and ICC seat Jay Shah were seen clapping and smiling, soaking successful a infinitesimal that would everlastingly beryllium etched successful Indian sporting history.Fireworks painted the Mumbai entity bluish arsenic chants of “India! India!” echoed done the packed stadium. Vice-captain

Smriti Mandhana

hugged manager Amol Muzumdar tightly, tears glistening nether the floodlights.

The authoritative broadcaster captured it each — the leap, the roar, the hugs, the tears — captioning the winning infinitesimal video perfectly:“WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! Every ounce of effort, each clutch moment, each tear, each of it has paid off.”Click to WATCH the winning infinitesimal hereEarlier, Shafali Verma’s 87 and Deepti’s all-round brilliance (58 & 5 wickets) powered India to 298/7 earlier South Africa were bowled retired for 246.As the confetti rained down, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur summed it up best:“This is conscionable the beginning. We’ve dreamt of this time each our lives — now, India has arrived.”