On a sensational night at the DY Patil Stadium, after enduring failures and pain of losing the 2005 and 2017 finals, the Indian women’s cricket team’s unrestrained love for cricket was finally solemnised. Everybody from the women who played those games could now claim they had delivered a World Cup for India too, as they became a somebody in India’s sporting history.

PT Usha had sprinted into India’s consciousness at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, an overnight metaphor for someone who could run fast. And who knows, some from this women’s team will now be leading contenders for the Los Angeles Olympics T20 gold in 2028, and complete that story arc.

When Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur completed that unforgettable run chase against Australia, no Indian team having ever chased 300+ again

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