‘Like MS Dhoni in Pressure Moments’: The coach praised 19 -year -old Divya Deshmukh, after the World Cup win. Cricket news

India’s 19-year-old chess prose Divya Deshmukh has won the Fid Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, who defeated veteran Konu Hampi in an all-Indian final and went to tie-breakers. His former coach Srinath Narayanan praised his exceptional talent and pressure for cricket veteran MS Dhoni, comparing his ability to handle important moments.Divya became the 88th Grandmaster of India and the fourth woman in the country to achieve this prestigious title. The tournament’s victory came against 38 -year -old Hampi, leading to Indian women’s chess for over two decades with several titles including the World Rapid Championship and Asian Sports Gold Medal.Srinath told PTI over the phone from Chennai, “He is a very aggressive player.“And he has strength, I think, turning into big moments, in crunch situations. As how Mahendra Singh Dhoni used to win matches in the last over. I saw something similar in Divya in those final-slit conditions or situations where everything was hanging in high pressure moments. He used to perform well under pressure in important matches.”Srinath, who coached Divya till 2020, first met at the airport in 2016 when the team was going to Türkiye for the world.“So, this (association) started around 2018. We met the world’s under -16 Olympiad. The team was going to Turkey. I was the coach of the team and I first met him at the airport. She was incredibly talented. And he also had a certain kind of ability to win these big games and tournaments. So, long ago in the tournament that I gave him coaching, he won a very important game against Iran in the last round, “Srinath said about the player in Nagpur, whose parents are doctors.Divya’s influential career includes three gold medals at Olympiad, several gold medals in the Asian Championships, World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships.“She was, I think, is more talented than most girls. She showed that talent during the world’s U-16 Olympiad in 2018. After that, during the 2020 online Olympiad, Divya was helpful in our victory over China, which was a very important game. The teams shared gold, Divya was clearly one with the most promising situation for us in that match.,Between 2020 and 2022, Divya experienced recession in her chess career due to epidemic.“He, I think, continued to win big tournaments, big events. If anything, it only slowed down from 2020 to 2022 when the epidemic occurred. And she did not play in many tournaments. So she took some time and focused on her studies and started catching with all those things.”After the candidates are eligible for the tournament, Srinath believes that Divya has the ability to become a world champion.The winning of the Women’s World Cup against established players shows her extraordinary talent and determination in the game.