Former Mumbai girls’s captains, together with MCA officers pose with the Women’s World Cup trophy in Mumbai on September 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“This aspect is unquestionably able to successful the World Cup. The solely factor I’m nervous about is dealing with the stress. They shouldn’t take the stress,” Naik mentioned throughout the World Cup trophy tour occasion on the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai on Monday (September 15, 2025).
Naik, a member of the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, recalled the recommendation she acquired from 1983 World Cup champion Sandeep Patil throughout her decade-long worldwide profession when she requested him about soaking within the stress.
“He gave me a easy piece of recommendation. ‘Get used to it’ is all he mentioned. The males are used to it. They don’t care,” mentioned Naik.
The MCA additionally unveiled a Wall of Fame to honour all of the Mumbai girls’s captains within the academy premises. Photographs of all of the 32 captains to date have been displayed in a bid to encourage promising feminine cricketers.
Published – September 16, 2025 05:04 am IST
