‘We’ve been ready for this sense for very lengthy’

“This is the feeling we have been waiting for very long,” Al Khadeer advised the broadcaster minutes after India’s victory. “This is the first time we have won the cup and it has come with the Under-19 kids. It just shows the kind of depth we have and what is there for us in the future.”

Through the competitors, India solely dropped one sport – towards Australia within the Super Six, the place they have been bowled out for 87. But they bounced again with a thumping win on the following day towards Sri Lanka to all however guarantee themselves of a spot within the semi-final.

“The most special thing about this team is belief,” Al Khadeer stated. “I know it was a bad game against Australia. But the way they regathered and played thereafter, all credits to the vibes we have. We’ve kept it very simple. We thought that we would play proper cricket and simple cricket to achieve this.”

“People have been telling us that a lot of athletes have tried it and couldn’t get it [the World Cup win],” Titas Sadhu, the Player of the Match, stated. “So it is the first cup for the Indian women’s side. We are all excited.

“The first time BCCI took us beneath [their wing from the Women’s Cricket Association of India in 2007], it was after 2005, when Nooshin ma’am performed the World Cup and so they misplaced the ultimate. For us to win it, for her being our coach, it was actually excellent.”

Following the win, the BCCI announced a cash reward of INR 5 crore to the team and its support staff. Al Khadeer managed to keep her emotions in check while speaking about what the title meant for the women’s game in India.

“Right from the nationwide anthem until the time we received, we had goosebumps,” she said. “I realise and perceive how particular it’s for us. To reside it [the dream of winning World Cup] via the younger ladies it’s commendable.”

Sadhu returned figures of 2 for 6 off her four overs and was instrumental in stifling England right at the start. She first had opener Liberty Heap sky a catch to her before bowling wicketkeeper Seren Smale through the gate. As the lone seamer in the XI, she said she banked on the spinners’ support from the other end.

“It’s not fairly lonely [being the only fast bowler in the XI] as a result of we’re team-mates,” she said. “I’ve the opposite bowling companions, spinners with me. We have performed two matches right here towards Sri Lanka and New Zealand. And we additionally watched the video games performed right here. So we had a reasonably good thought on the place to bowl.”

Shafali, who alongside Richa Ghosh is part of the senior side that is to play the Women’s T20 World Cup starting February 10, will join the Indian setup on February 3, a day after the tri-series featuring South Africa and West Indies ends.

“We did what we have been right here for,” she said. “The ladies are unimaginable and again one another. The teaching workers stored reminding us what we’re right here for. Because of them we’re right here so because of them.”

When asked if the Under-19 cup is the only trophy she is going to go home with, she quipped: “No, the larger one additionally.”