Pakistan cricket captain Bismah Maroof has been winning hearts on the internet after a photo of hers -- arriving for the first match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 with baby in arms -- went viral.
Maroof faced India's Mithali Raj at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on Sunday morning.
Cricket kit
Bags packed
Baby cradlePakistan captain Bismah Maroof ready to face India #CWC22 pic.twitter.com/HEPrjYow7a
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 6, 2022
"A very powerful statement of how a hand that rocks the cradle can rule the world," said a Twitter user. "Proud of her, proud of our cricket board and her family as well," tweeted user Muneeb Khan, while another user Samar Iqbal Zafar commented, "A positive and powerful picture."
Pakistan and India met in an ODI for the first time since the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup. On Saturday, both the skippers, Mithali Raj and Bismah Maroof were caught "exchanging greetings".
Pakistan and India captains exchanging greetings on the eve of their match. How excited are you? #CWC22 #BackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/fTEawDeiUI— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 5, 2022
On Saturday, Raj said that both the captains are treating their match as just another game despite millions of eyes on them from both sides of the border.
"I think as a team we are excited to get into the World Cup and starting our campaign tomorrow. It's the first game, we are not looking at it as it's Pakistan we are playing against, we're looking at a team which has come prepared and we are equally prepared to put our best foot forward and we want to set a momentum going into the tournament, so that's how we look at our first game," said Raj, as reported by ICC.
(With inputs from ANI)
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