India has just won its first-ever ICC Women’s World Cup – a victory decades in the making. From travelling in unreserved train coaches to lifting the trophy before packed stands, this is a story of grit, resilience, and history rewritten.
But behind the celebrations lies another story, of unequal pay, limited matches, and a cricketing system that still treats women as an afterthought.
In this week’s Let Me Explain, Dhanya Rajendran looks beyond the trophy to trace the long, uneven journey of women’s cricket in India, from the forgotten years of the WCAI to the billion-rupee WPL, and asks whether this World Cup win will finally bring the change Indian cricket has long owed its women.
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