India, Nov. 14 -- LUCKNOW Player of the tournament in women's ODI World Cup Deepti Sharma, who has also joined the Uttar Pradesh Police as a DSP under the sports quota, received a hero's welcome on her first visit to Lucknow on Friday after the team's triumph. Donning her DSP uniform, the officer-athlete met chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence, where she greeted him with folded hands and posed for photographs alongside her family.

From the CM residence, Deepti proceeded to the UP Police Headquarters, where DGP Rajeev Krishna felicitated her with a bouquet and a commemorative memento. Senior police officers and personnel gathered to celebrate the cricketer's achievements, taking photographs with her.

Earlier in the d...