After India ladies’s cricket workforce’s historic World Cup triumph on Sunday, an outdated remark by former BCCI president N. Srinivasan has resurfaced — by which the veteran administrator had allegedly advised former India captain Diana Edulji that he would “by no means let ladies’s cricket develop in India.”At an occasion in 2017, after Harmanpreet Kaur’s magnificent 171 in opposition to Australia within the semifinal of the Ladies’s World Cup, Diana had recalled her first assembly with Srinivasan after he took over as BCCI president in 2011. She stated, “When Mr. Srinivasan grew to become president, I went to congratulate him on the Wankhede Stadium. He stated, ‘If I had my means, I wouldn’t let ladies’s cricket occur.’ He hates ladies’s cricket.”

“I’ve all the time been a BCCI basher, proper from the day ladies’s cricket got here below the BCCI fold in 2006. BCCI is a really male-chauvinist organisation. They by no means needed ladies to dictate phrases or get into this area. I used to be very vocal proper from my enjoying days,” she had stated.India gained the Ladies’s Cricket World Cup for the primary time with a 52-run victory over South Africa on Sunday, led by sensible all-round performances from Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma.Opening batter Verma, who was solely referred to as again into the squad as harm cowl for the finals, scored a career-best 87 off 78 balls because the event co-hosts reached 298/7 in 50 overs after shedding the toss and being despatched in to bat.South Africa had been bowled out for 246 in 45.3 overs in reply, with their chase successfully ending after skipper Laura Wolvaardt was dismissed for 101. Spinner Sharma took the ultimate wicket of the match and returned with figures of 5/39 from 9.3 overs.Workforce India’s World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday additionally took a refined dig at those that had questioned her workforce.“I feel criticism can be part of life. It’s not mandatory that every thing ought to be good,” she advised reporters.“Criticism is likely one of the primary issues in life as a result of it brings stability. In any other case, if every thing goes properly, you’ll be overconfident. I don’t blame those that criticize, as a result of we all know after we aren’t doing one thing proper.

“I don’t have a lot to say, however I prefer to preserve each issues balanced. When good issues occur, I don’t go too excessive; when dangerous issues occur, I don’t dig deep.“For me, crucial factor is to remain balanced, and I attempt to ship the identical message to my teammates. When every thing goes properly — it’s okay, properly completed, however now we’ve to take care of it. And even when issues aren’t going properly, we attempt to preserve everybody collectively in order that we are able to elevate that individual up.”