Shimla, Nov. 9 -- Indian women's cricket team fast bowler Renuka Thakur on Sunday visited her ancestral village, Parsa, in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district, after the team's historic World Cup win.

Before reaching home, Renuka, accompanied by her mother, Sunita Thakur, her brother, Vinod Thakur, and friends, visited the Hateshwari Mata Temple in Hatkoti to seek blessings.

Speaking to ANI after offering prayers, Renuka Thakur said she had decided long ago that whenever she returned home, she would first visit the temple to seek the goddess's blessings.

"I had decided that whenever I go home, I will first visit Mata's temple to take her blessings," Renuka said.

Renuka, who recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said she was over...