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As the final wicket fell under the floodlights of Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night, history was made — and so was a citywide celebration 1,200 kilometres away in Agra. For the first time in 52 years, India lifted the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup trophy, defeating South Africa by 52 runs, with Agra’s very own Deepti Sharma emerging as the match-winner and the face of a new era in Indian women’s cricket.

The narrow lanes of the city that once echoed with the clinking of marble chisels and the rhythmic strokes of artisans, were on Sunday filled with chants of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and the thunder of crackers. From Mantola to Sadar Bazaar and Civil Lines, tricolours fluttered from rooftops, and people spilled onto the streets dancing to dhol beats. “ Agra ki bet

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