Women’s World Cup: Gambhir, Bumrah caught watching the final inside dressing room

As Suryakumar Yadav’s India sealed a series-levelling triumph successful Hobart, different contention soon captured the full dressing room’s attention. Moments aft the five-wicket victory, the absorption wrong the pavilion shifted towards Navi Mumbai, wherever Harmanpreet Kaur’s India were battling South Africa successful the Women’s World Cup final. A photograph that rapidly went viral captured the country perfectly — caput manager Gautam Gambhir, gait ace

Jasprit Bumrah

, batter Rinku Singh, fielding manager T Dilip, and respective different players and enactment unit glued to the screen, pursuing each infinitesimal of the women’s team’s historical outing from the Hobart dressing room.

India’s women are chasing their maiden World Cup crown. On Thursday, they stormed into the last aft defeating defending champions and seven-time winners Australia by 5 wickets successful the semi-final astatine the DY Patil Stadium.

This marks India’s 3rd quality successful a World Cup final, aft earlier runs successful 2005 and 2017. The hosts person dominated South Africa successful caller years, winning 5 of their past six ODIs, with their lone nonaccomplishment coming earlier successful this precise tournament. South Africa, meanwhile, are contesting their first-ever World Cup last aft crushing four-time champions England by 125 runs successful the Guwahati semi-final. In Navi Mumbai, the lucifer began 2 hours precocious owed to a bedewed outfield, though nary overs were lost. Batting first, India fielded an unchanged side. Shafali Verma lit up the juncture with a dazzling 87 disconnected 78 balls — her archetypal 50 successful implicit 3 years — steering India to 172 for 3 aft 30 overs. Her knock, studded with 7 fours and 2 sixes, featured a 104-run opening basal with vice-captain

Smriti Mandhana

.

Ayabonga Khaka pulled South Africa backmost with 2 speedy wickets, dismissing Shafali and

Jemimah Rodrigues

(24), India’s prima performer successful the semi-final. Shafali, recalled for the knockout aft Pratika Rawal’s injury, was dropped connected 56 earlier yet falling to Khaka. At the clip of writing, India cruising astatine 211 for 3 successful 37 overs, gathering a beardown level for a perchance historical full successful their quest for a maiden World Cup title.