Agra got here out in full power on Thursday to welcome Girls’s World Cup star Deepti Sharma, who returned house after serving to India win their maiden ICC Girls’s World Cup title. The District Cricket Affiliation organized a 10-kilometre roadshow in her honour, with 1000’s lining the streets to have a good time her achievement.
Schoolchildren, younger cricketers, native residents, dignitaries and members of a number of sports activities teams joined the celebrations, waving flags and showering flowers as Deepti traveled by the town. Greater than 150 police and site visitors personnel had been deployed to handle the huge turnout and guarantee clean motion alongside the route.
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An emotional Deepti thanked the individuals of Agra for his or her assist.
“It appears like a dream come true. I nonetheless cannot sink it in, after so a few years of heartbreak, I’ve lastly returned house to Agra with the World Cup. I might by no means have imagined such a roadshow taking place for me or some other participant,” she stated.
“If we proceed to work exhausting like this, we’ll hold successful extra trophies. Seeing all the youngsters right here makes me really feel that I have been capable of encourage them.”
India’s World Cup win earlier this month marked a serious milestone in ladies’s cricket, and Deepti’s all-round efficiency was central to the historic marketing campaign. She was named Participant of the Event after ending with 215 runs and 22 wickets, together with a vital 58 and a five-wicket haul within the remaining towards South Africa in Navi Mumbai.
Talking earlier to India Right this moment’s sister channel Sports activities Right this moment, Deepti defined how the victory modified her life and the visibility round ladies’s cricket.
“In the course of the match, when it truly occurred, it nonetheless felt like a dream to me. However as soon as it actually sank in, after I received house and folks began speaking about it, it lastly felt actual,” she stated.
“Earlier, I might stroll round freely, go to malls and locations with out a lot discover. However now, it is turn out to be troublesome, you possibly can’t simply step out simply. Even with a masks on, individuals acknowledge me, which says rather a lot about how a lot ladies’s cricket has grown after the World Cup.”
Deepti’s consistency and impression all through the match have made her one of many faces of India’s new period in ladies’s cricket. Agra’s huge turnout on Thursday mirrored simply how a lot her achievement means to followers again house.
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