MUMBAI, Nov. 5 -- At the end of the final, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice- captain Smriti Mandhana shared a long, emotional hug. After many heartbreaks, the two stalwarts of Indian cricket had finally realised their dream of winning the Women's World Cup with a 52-run win over South Africa in the final. They were in the middle of the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, their favourite ground. Harmanpreet said they were recollecting how it was destiny that the venue was shifted at the last minute from Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium to the venue they loved to play in. Talking about what it was like to share this moment and journey with Mandhana, Harmanpreet said: "We played a lot of World Cups together and after losing we would go back home, and on return talk the same thing: "how we have to start from ball one". It was heart breaking for us. Every time we were thinking when we will achieve the breakthrough? "The moment we came to know that our venue has changed to DY Patil, we all got so happy because we've always played good cricket here. We always get big crowds here who are very supportive. When the venue was changed, we all started messaging in the group that "wow, we were manifesting and this has happened, and the final is going to be played here. Now we will not leave it," said Harmanpreet. "As soon as we reached here, we said: "we have come to our home, we will not look back. Joh pahele ka world cup hai woh wahin chod do (leave the first half of the tournament behind), our World Cup has just started." India had lost three games in a row in the league stage before their Navi Mumbai leg started. Starting with the crucial win over New Zealand to qualify, they won all the games at the venue, stunning holders Australia in the semis and then the final triumph. Harman said the focus was on setting a reasonable target. "We knew conditions will be hard while batting first because we've been unlucky at the toss. Credit goes to Smriti and Shafali. If we thought about a big target we would come under pressure, so the aim was to keep batting and put 300 on the board," she told the media. India made 298. "We came to the field also as a unit, whenever we needed a breakthrough, we got it. Now it is easy to talk about it, but there was a lot of tension in the middle the way Laura (Wolvaardt) was batting." The turning point came after Harman brought on Shafali to bowl her part-time spin to break the partnership between Wolvaardt and Sune Luus for the third wicket. Shafali, after a career-best 87, got Luus caught-and-bowled second ball to end a 52-run stand. And with the first ball of her second over, she got another big wicket as Marizanne Kapp was caught down the leg side. Harmanpreet said she went with her gut feeling. "In domestic cricket, Shafali was bowling a lot of overs. Amol Muzumdar sir (coach) and I had spoken to her that if needed she may have to bowl a couple of overs. Shafali said: "I am ready for 10 overs"." "That shows how confident she was. When the partnership started (growing) I thought let's give an over to Shafali. I knew it could be a little risky but at the same time I was very positive because she showed that confidence. I didn't want to go back to the room and think, "why I didn't try that, because they were really looking good. those breakthroughs were the turning point for us." She said a frank talk by Muzumdar after the four-run loss to England was the turning point of India's campaign. "A lot changed after that defeat. Sir told us you can't be making the same mistake again and again, we have to cross that line, we have to come up with a really strong mindset. It helped us prepare even more. There were one or two players who didn't like to do visualisation and meditation as much, but after that everyone came together." The 1983 men's World Cup win revolutionised Indian men's cricket. Harman said their win will have the same impact in the women's game. "We've been talking about it for a long time. We have been playing good cricket but along with that we have to win some big tournaments. Without that the revolution we are talking about is not possible. At the end of the day, everybody wants to see their favourite team lift the Cup. We were badly waiting for this moment."...