Harmanpreet Kaur and her team’s maiden World Cup title is not just a turning point for cricket in the country but a watershed moment for Indian sports, feels women’s head coach Amol Muzumdar. The Indian women’s cricket team clinched its first-ever World Cup title with a 52-run victory over South Africa, scripting a golden chapter in the country’s sporting history in Navi Mumbai last week.
The win has widely been described as a watershed moment for women’s cricket in India, drawing parallels with the men’s team’s iconic 1983 World Cup triumph. “Talking about the 1983 moment, I feel this Women’s World Cup must be a watershed moment not just for Indian cricket as a whole both men’s and women’s but a watershed moment for Indian sports,” Muzumdar told PTI Videos.
The victory was even more remarkable considering that at one stage India were staring at an early exit after suffering a hat-trick of losses. But the ‘Women in Blue’ turned it around in style defeating New Zealand to seal a semifinal berth. They then pulled off the highest successful chase in a World Cup to defeat seven-time champions Australia.