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New Delhi: All-rounder Deepti Sharma is glad to have played a leading role in India's victory in the Women's World Cup final against South Africa.
Deepti scored 58 and then 5/39 claimed in the final as India won by 52 runs. In the tournament, she took 22 wickets and scored 215 runs to be adjudged the player of the tournament.
"I am feeling really good, since the day we played the first game of the World Cup, I have performed exactly how I wanted to play as a senior player. There cannot be anything better than giving such a good performance in the final and lifting the trophy," Deepti told PTI.
After years of disappointment and heartbreaks, India's hunt for their maiden Women's World Cup title came to an end on Sunday.
"It took us really long to win the World Cup, but what God has written for you happens only at the destined time and I think it was written to take place in India.
"I have so many good memories of DY Patil Stadium as we have won all the series here. We were very positive as a team, and whatever the result might be we will play as a team.
"We wanted to win it as this was happening in India and we had to win this as a team. Every ball we were feeling like this game will end soon, and the result will be in our favour, and now that wait has come to an end."
South Africa head coach Mandla Mashimbyi felt India's greater desire to win took them to the title.
"The way India played the game, they came out (hard) in the first 10 overs. We pegged them back in the last 40 overs. There was a time we were expecting them to score 350, 360. For them to not get to 300 was really a good effort from our bowlers," Mashimbyi said.
"(But) the way they (India) went about their business with the ball, the way they changed their bowlers gave them the edge because we couldn't get some rhythm as a batting unit.
"They kept on taking wickets at crucial stages. But they wanted it on the day, I think, they wanted it more than us and yeah, kudos to them. Well done. They deserve it to win a World Cup at home. We wouldn't want that," he added.
