Neeraj Chopra Meets Shafali Verma and Co Ahead of ICC Under 19 Womens T20 World Cup 2023 Final, See Pics

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, who is also in South Africa, met the India women U19 stars who will be playing the ICC Under 19 Womens T20 World Cup 2023 Final vs England on January 29 and shared some motivating words

Source: Twitter

India's first Track and Field star to win a gold medal at the Olympics Neeraj Chopra met the Indian women's U19 team ahead of their ICC Under 19 Womens T20 World Cup 2023 Final on January 29 at Potchefstroom. BCCI Women Twitter account shared some pictures of the meet up on their social media accounts. A Gold-standard meeting! Javelin thrower & Olympic Gold medallist @Neeraj_chopra1interacted with #TeamIndia ahead of the #U19T20WorldCup Final!" tweeted BCCI Women. Neeraj knows a thing or two about playing high-pressured matches and his invaluable inputs to handle nerves in key moments of the final should come handy for the young stars in Indian team. 

Check out pics of Neeraj Chopra's meet with Indian U19 players below: 

A Gold-standard meeting! __

Javelin thrower & Olympic Gold medallist @Neeraj_chopra1 interacted with #TeamIndia ahead of the #U19T20WorldCup Final! _ _ pic.twitter.com/TxL5afL2FT

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 28, 2023

Neeraj had thrown 87.58m in the final of the men's javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to finish with India's second-only individual gold medal ever. The first individual gold medal for India was won by shooter Abhinav Bindra in 10m rifle event.

India beat New Zealand in the semi-final to enter the final. This is the first U19 Women's T20 World Cup and India could become the first team to clinch the title but they have a strong opponent in England who are coming into the final after beating Australia in a nail-biting contest.

Key for India will be the opening batters captain Shafali Verma and Shweta Sehrawat. Shweta, in particular, has been in some tremendous form and needs to continue doing the good job at the top of the batting order. Sehrawat is on top of the batters with most runs in the tournament with 292 runs from 6 matches at strike rate of 141.06 and averages a massive 146. India's Parshavi Chopra is another big player for India in the final. She has had good time with the ball in hand in the tournament, picking 9 wickets in 6 matches.