NEW DELHI: The story began on a January morning at Hale School cricket ground in Perth in 1977. That day, India's women team, captained by Shantha Rangaswamy, faced-off with skipper Margaret Jennings' formidable Australia. It was the first women's Test between the two countries. The visitors lost by 147 runs.
Nearly 47 years later at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium on Sunday, captain Harmanpreet Kaur's rampant India finally rewrote history. This was India's first win over Australia in Tests. The handsome eight-wicket victory came in the 11th Test after the two sides had battled in places as different as Carrara, a Gold Coast suburb in Queensland, and Lucknow.
