India, Nov. 3 -- Though the entire nation today stands on its feet applauding the Women in Blue, just a couple of weeks ago, the same team was at the receiving end of social media criticism after a few bad days and losses. But as Team India's spin bowler Sneh Rana shares, such was the determination that the noise never made its way into their minds or their dressing room. "The online hate, the negativity, it just never reached our dressing room," Sneh says with calm assurance. "We never got into reading what anyone was saying online. We were chasing a bigger dream, which was to be crowned the World Champions and make India proud, and we were only focused on that," she adds.

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