By Admin 
The Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 title for the first time. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Team India performed brilliantly under the captaincy of captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma made the country proud by making important contributions.
In the celebratory atmosphere, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also met the entire team and congratulated them for the victory. At the same time, now the statement of former captain Shantha Rangaswami has sparked debate on social media. He said that Harmanpreet should now leave the captaincy and concentrate on her batting and fielding.
,The same statements come every time”, Anjum Chopra
While talking to NDTV, former Indian captain Anjum Chopra expressed his displeasure over this statement. He said, “After every World Cup, some such statement comes. Take the last four-five tournaments, when the team loses, it is said, remove Harman, and when the team wins, the same is said, remove Harman.”
Anjum further said that now is the time to celebrate India’s victory, in such a situation the hard work of the players should not be ignored with such things. She further said, “I do not want to comment on this at this time because it will spoil the celebration of India’s victory.”
Anjum and Harman’s special bonding
The relationship between Harmanpreet and Anjum is not just that of player and senior. Even after winning the World Cup, Harman had openly said that Anjum Chopra supported him a lot in his initial days. Anjum recalled that when she saw Harman for the first time in domestic cricket, she understood that this player has talent of a different level. Anjum said, “In the Challenger Trophy tournament played in Mumbai in 2007-08, I saw how long this under-19 player could hit. That’s when I realized that Harman is special.”
She further said, “I never thought even for a moment that Harman is not a match winner. That’s why I have always been saying that Harman should be our captain.”