Team India star recreates Hardik Pandya's iconic pose after winning Women's World Cup 2025 [In Picture]

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Team India star Kranti Gaud recreated all-rounder Hardik Pandya's iconic pose after winning the Women's World Cup 2025. The Women in Blue beat South Africa by 52 runs in the final on Sunday, November 2, and won their maiden ICC trophy.Hardik Pandya came up with the iconic 'Khaby Lame' pose with the trophy after India won the T20 World Cup in 2024. He brought back the pose after winning the 2025 Champions Trophy as well.Kranti Gaud, part of the Women's team that lifted the 2025 ODI World Cup trophy, also celebrated similarly. She recreated the iconic pose at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. The 22-year-old posed with the trophy in the Indian jersey, which had 'Champions' imprinted on it as well. She also sat on the ground with the silverware."Feeling every bit of this dream come true 💙," she captioned her post on Instagram.Below is the post: View this post on Instagram Instagram PostKranti Gaud played an important role in the victorious campaign. She bagged nine wickets from eight matches at an average of 40.11 and an economy of 5.73. Part of the playing 11 in the final, she returned figures of 0/16 from three overs.India successfully defended 298 runs in the finalIndia were asked to bat first after losing the toss in the final against South Africa. However, they put up a solid total of 298/7 on the board. Shafali Verma led the charge with 87 runs. Deepti Sharma (58), Smriti Mandhana (45), and Richa Ghosh (34) made key contributions as well.South Africa were in the chase as skipper Laura Wolvaardt struck a brilliant century at the top. The Women in Blue bounced back with crucial wickets at regular intervals. They eventually bundled the Proteas Women out for 246 in 45.3 overs. Deepti Sharma starred with the ball, returning figures of 5/39 from 9.3 overs. Shafali bagged a couple of wickets.The Women's team had made the ODI World Cup final twice previously. They ended up on the losing side on both occasions. In 2005, they lost to Australia by 98 runs and in 2017, they suffered a heartbreaking nine-run defeat against England.