The Indian women’s cricket team has clinched the World Cup for the first time, deserving immense praise for their achievement. Women’s cricket in India has come a long way, with its roots in Lucknow, where its headquarters were located for many years. Nineteen years ago, it merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), accelerating the sport’s growth.

The formal beginning of women’s cricket in India can be attributed to Mahendra Kumar Sharma, from Lucknow. Although the first women’s cricket club was formed in Mumbai, the establishment of women’s cricket as an organised sport in India began with Sharma, who founded the Women’s Cricket Association of India (WCAI) in 1973 under the Societies Act. Sharma registered it and organised the first national women’s cricket compet

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