Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, Radha Yadav and Jemimah Rodriguez, who were part of the World Cup winning team, were honored by the Maharashtra government. All three players contributed significantly to India’s victory in the World Cup. This program was organized in Mumbai, where state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also handed over award checks to the three players.

All three players got Rs 2.5 crore each

Along with honouring, the Chief Minister of the state also handed over a check of Rs 2.5 crore each to the three players. Let us tell you that all three players are from Mumbai city. Almost every state honored its players and announced prize money for them.

The Maharashtra government also honored head coach Amol Muzumdar along with these three players included in the World Cup winning team and gave them a check of Rs 25 lakh. 50 year old Amol is also from Mumbai.

VIDEO | Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar felicitate World Cup champions Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Radha Yadav.

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Jemima played a historic inning in the semi-final against Australia

Jemima had scored a historic century in the World Cup semi-finals, in this match against Australia she had scored unbeaten 127 runs. Chasing 339 runs, India won the match by 5 wickets. This innings of Jemima will be remembered for years. Jemima had scored 292 runs in 7 innings played in the World Cup.

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana played an important inning of 45 runs in the World Cup final, she played 2 half-centuries and 1 century in the tournament. He scored 109 runs against New Zealand, while against England and Australia he scored 88 and 80 runs respectively. Mandhana had scored 434 runs in 9 matches in the tournament.

Radha Yadav is one of the most brilliant fielders in women’s cricket, although she played only the last match in the league stage of the World Cup. He took 3 wickets for 30 runs against Bangladesh. He got 1 wicket in the semi-finals and no wicket in the final.

Team India Reached Delhi To Meet PM Modi: India’s women’s cricket team created history by winning the Women’s World Cup 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated Team India on its victory. Today, on Wednesday, 5th November, World Champion Team India will meet PM Modi. Team India has reached New Delhi for the meeting with the Prime Minister. The Indian team has been welcomed here with drums.

Champions on board, ft. #WomenInBlue

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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) November 5, 2025

Will meet PM Modi

The final match of the Women’s World Cup 2025 was played in Navi Mumbai. After winning the World Cup, the Indian team has reached Delhi from Mumbai via a special flight. Today, on Wednesday, 5th November, Team India has been invited for dinner with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The players of the Indian team have also brought a special gift for this meeting with PM Modi. All-rounder player Deepti Sharma, who won the title of Player of the Tournament in the ODI World Cup 2025, said that our entire team together is thinking of a special gift to give to PM Modi. This could be a signed jersey of all the players or a bat.

Team India got a warm welcome in Delhi

The Indian women’s team has won the World Cup for the first time in its 52-year history. This is a big moment for women’s cricket in India. As soon as Team India entered Delhi, the players were welcomed with drums. Flowers were also showered on the players and tilak was also garlanded. The players of the Indian team danced to the sound of drums.

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Smriti-Jemimah With World Cup Trophy: India has won the title of Women’s World Cup 2025. Team India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the World Cup final. The Indian team reached the final by defeating Australia in the semi-finals. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur had tears of joy in her eyes after winning the semi-final. Team India’s victory in the semi-finals increased India’s hopes of winning the final. But even after winning the final, Team India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and star batsman Jemimah Rodriguez still feel that becoming India’s world champion is no less than a dream.

Smriti-Jemima shared photo with the trophy

Smriti Mandhana was the highest run scorer for India in the Women’s World Cup 2025. Whereas Jemimah Rodriguez’s historic innings in the semi-finals took the team to the finals. After India’s victory, on Monday morning, 3rd November, Smriti Mandhana and Jemima shared a photo with the World Cup trophy. The caption given with this is- ‘Good Morning World’.

‘India’s victory is no less than a dream’

Jemimah Rodriguez has shared another photo on her Instagram account. In this picture, along with Smriti and Jemima, Arundhati Reddy and Radha Yadav are also seen. These four players have shared a photo lying with the trophy. The caption given with this photo is ‘Are we still dreaming?’ This victory of India is so big that this victory has fulfilled the dream of crores of people along with Indian players.

Smriti shared photo with Harman

Smriti Mandhana woke up this morning and shared photos with Jemimah Rodriguez and also shared photos of Team India’s victory celebration. In the third post shared on Instagram, Smriti Mandhana has shared a photo with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, in which both the players are seen hugging each other after the victory in the final.

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India’s star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues performed a feat against Australia in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup 2025, which cricket history will always remember. In the match played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Jemima played her most memorable innings till date and took India to the final. After the match, Jemima became so emotional that she started crying bitterly on the field.

“I have cried almost every day…”

After the match, Jemima said emotionally, “I have cried almost every day during this entire tour. Mentally, I was not feeling well, I was going through a lot of nervousness and anxiety.”

She said, “I want to thank God, because all this was possible because of him. I want to thank my mother, father, coach and all the people who believed in me. The last one month was very difficult for me. It feels like a dream has come true.”

Jemima said, “I knew I just had to play on the field, God would take care of everything else. In the beginning I was just playing and talking to myself. As the match progressed, I was reading a line from the Bible, ‘Be calm, God will fight for you.’ I just stood… and truly, God fought for me,”

Gave credit to the team and audience

Jemima also gave credit to her colleagues and fans for this victory. She said, “There was a lot going on inside me, but I was trying to remain calm. When we won, I couldn’t control myself. When Harry Di came, I just had to make a good partnership. In the end, I was trying to push myself further, but my body was not supporting me. At that time, Deepti was talking to me on every ball, encouraging me. The rest of the team mates were motivating me. Every scream of the audience, every applause gave me energy. Yes, this victory is not just mine, it is for the whole of India.”

‘Played to win, not to get a century’

Jemima told that she came to know about batting at number 3 at the last moment. She said, “I was taking a shower when I was told that I will be at number 3. For me, this match was more about India’s victory than my innings. Today was not about a century or a half-century, but about helping the country win.”

Jemima’s unbeaten century innings

India had a huge target of 339 runs, but Jemimah completely turned the match around by making a partnership of 167 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (89). Jemima scored unbeaten 127 runs in 134 balls, which included 14 fours. This inning of hers became India’s biggest run chase innings so far in the Women’s World Cup knockout.

In the Women’s World Cup 2025, Team India has performed brilliantly and made it to the finals. India created history by defeating seven-time champion Australia in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has made an interesting promise. He has said that if India wins the World Cup, he will sing a duet with Jemimah Rodrigues.

Gavaskar will celebrate with Jemima like this

Gavaskar told India Today, “If India wins the World Cup and Jemima is ready, then both of us will sing songs together. She will play the guitar and I will sing.” He told that both of them had earlier also sung the song ‘Kya Hua Tera Vaada’ together at the BCCI Awards 2024. At that time Jemima was playing the guitar and he was singing a song. He smiled and said, “If she is ready to sing with an old man again, then I am completely ready to come back.”

Jemima’s historic innings

Jemimah Rodrigues batted brilliantly in this big victory of India. He played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs in 134 balls against Australia and helped India chase the huge target of 339 runs. This was the biggest run chase in Women’s World Cup knockout matches. Jemimah made a partnership of 167 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur for the third wicket. Harmanpreet was out later, but Jemima remained unbeaten till the end and led India to victory.

‘Showed amazing in fielding also’ – Gavaskar

Praising Jemima’s fielding, Gavaskar said, “People are talking about her batting, but she has also done wonders in the field. Her two brilliant runouts prevented the score from going above 350. She is an experienced player, who has also played in foreign leagues. She has excellent ability to understand and handle the game.”

India has the upper hand in the final

India will now play the final against South Africa on Sunday. Gavaskar believes that due to the home ground and current form, Team India is a strong contender for the trophy this time. He said, “The confidence of the team is at its peak. If they continue playing in this rhythm, the World Cup trophy will be India’s.”

Jemimah Rodrigues, who played an important role in India’s victory, is in the news for her statement after the match. After his statement, an old controversy has gained momentum. In the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, Jemimah played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs to help India win while chasing the huge target of 339 runs. This was the biggest successful run chase in women’s ODI history. In the interview after the match, he said something about his faith.

jemima’s statement

This innings of Jemima has registered her in the pages of history. She became the first Indian player (in both men’s and women’s) to score a century during the run chase in a World Cup knockout. After the match, when she reached the post match presentation, she talked about her confidence and faith. She said, “In the end I was just remembering what the Bible says, ‘Stand quietly and God will fight for me.'”

Old controversy again in headlines

After this statement of Jemima, an old controversy has come into discussion again. This matter is of October 2024, when Mumbai’s prestigious Khar Gymkhana Club had canceled the honorary membership of Jemima. The reason was the allegations against his father Iván Rodrigues of organizing unauthorized religious meetings on the club premises.

According to reports, this matter was raised in the annual general meeting of the club. At the meeting, several members complained that Ivan Rodriguez had organized religious programs about 35 times in 18 months under the banner of Brother Manuel Ministries. As per club rules, no religious or political program is allowed on the premises.

Ivan Rodrigues gave clarification

Jemima’s father Ivon Rodriguez later issued a detailed statement on social media saying that whatever prayer meetings she held were in the full knowledge of the club officials. He wrote, “We had organized prayer meetings on a few occasions during a year from April 2023, but all this happened with the knowledge of the club. The talk of any kind of conversion in these meetings is completely false and baseless.”

He further said, “When we were asked to stop the meetings, we immediately accepted the club’s decision. We had paid all the outstanding fees. We are honest people. We follow the law completely, but it is unfortunate that false news is being spread in the media. We just wish well for everyone.”

The Indian women’s cricket team made it to the finals by achieving a record win against Australia in the semi-finals played at the DY Patil Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The hero of the Indian team’s victory was Jemimah Rodrigues. Rodrigues wrote a memorable story of India reaching the final with his century. Rodrigues was chosen Player of the Match for his unbeaten and memorable century innings.

After being named the best player of the match, Jemima said, “First of all, I want to thank Jesus, because I could not have done all this alone. I know that today he got me through this difficult period. I want to thank my mother, father, coach and everyone who believed in me during this time. The last four months have been really very difficult, but it feels like a dream and it has not come true yet.”

Australia had given India a target of 339 runs to win. The Indian team was in trouble at 59 after losing the wickets of Mandhana and Shefali. Jemimah Rodrigues, who came to bat at number three, played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs with the help of 14 fours in 134 balls and played a memorable role in the team’s victory.

Rodrigues also got good support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Harman played an inning of 89 runs in 88 balls and made a match-winning partnership of 167 runs with Rodrigues for the third wicket. Deepti Sharma scored 24 runs, Richa Ghosh scored 26 runs and Amanjot Kaur scored 15 unbeaten runs. Shefali was out after scoring 10 runs and Mandhana after scoring 24 runs. India won the match by 5 wickets by scoring 341 runs for 5 wickets in 48.3 overs.

Earlier, 331 was the highest target to be achieved in women’s ODI cricket. By achieving the target of 339 runs, the Indian team has created a new record.