Neeraj Chopra meets U-19 India girls’s workforce earlier than their ultimate in opposition to England on Sunday

Olympic gold medal profitable javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday met the Indian contingent on the eve of their U19 T20 Women’s World Cup ultimate in opposition to England on Sunday, a submit shared by the BCCI revealed.

The submit which was captioned, “A Gold-standard meeting! 👏👏 Javelin thrower & Olympic Gold medallist @Neeraj_chopra1 interacted with #TeamIndia ahead of the #U19T20WorldCup Final!” confirmed the famous person javelin thrower in numerous moods as he interacted with the U-19 workforce.

On Sunday, India captain Shafali Verma will chase historical past when she leads India in opposition to England within the first-ever ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup ultimate. For all their success on the worldwide stage, the Indian girls’s cricket workforce has by no means gained a World Cup at any degree and the younger batter, who has been a part of two World Cup and one Commonwealth Games ultimate with the senior workforce, will look to carry the elusive title house.

A Gold-standard assembly! 👏👏

Javelin thrower & Olympic Gold medallist @Neeraj_chopra1 interacted with #GroupIndia forward of the #U19T20WorldCup Final! 👍 👍 pic.twitter.com/TxL5afL2FT

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 28, 2023

The seniors have made the World Cup ultimate on three events throughout codecs solely to have returned with bitter recollections — shedding to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and shedding to England by 9 runs in 2017 within the ODIs, and in T20Is they went down within the 2020 ultimate to the Aussies by 85 runs.

In the U-19 World Cup semifinal, India registered a dominating eight-wicket win after their bowlers restricted a strong New Zealand aspect to an under-par 107/9.
Leg-spinner Parshavi Chopra led the bowling present by claiming 3/20, whereas Shafali went for simply seven runs in her 4 overs, taking one wicket.

In reply, a ruthless half-century from the opening batter and the match’s main scorer, Shweta Sehrawat, noticed India house.

Neeraj Chopra, in the meantime, has set himself a goal within the new 12 months which is to breach the 90-metre mark along with his javelin. “In this new year, I hope I will put an end to this question,” Chopra had mentioned in a video interplay from England earlier this month.

After the historic gold in Tokyo, the 24-year-old Olympic champion javelin thrower has continued to boost expectations with a silver on the World Championships, earlier than including one other feather in his cap by profitable the Diamond League Finals gold.