PM Modi hosts women’s cricket team, says ‘you made the nation proud’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted the women’s cricket team and told the players that they made the nation proud like several other “daughters” of the country.

The team has returned from London after participating in Women’s World Cup in which India lost to England in the final played last Sunday.

Modi had posted a series of tweets before the match to wish luck to the team and to players individually. He had also tweeted soon after the match to hail the team’s performance.

During the interaction today, the players said that this was the first time that they had seen a Prime Minister tweeting for the women’s cricket team, the PMO said.

They said that they felt proud, happy and inspired to know that the Prime Minister was following their progress, PMO said in a statement.

PM @narendramodi with the Indian Women Cricket Team in New Delhi pic.twitter.com/0jrERdp4Os

— PIB India (@PIB_India) July 27, 2017