Beaten thrice in the 8-team preliminary league, Team India slipped into the semi-finals with a win over New Zealand and then did the near impossible in stopping a 15-match victory streak of a formidable Australian team, 7-time ODI World Cup champions

The Women in Blue lived up to the massive expectations of a billion plus cricket followers in winning the ODI World Cup, keeping their tryst with a maiden trophy at the midnight hour. Having done the unthinkable in downing the mighty Australian team in the semi-final in a record chase, their beating South Africa in the final was highly anticipated. They displayed their awareness of the fact that the newly born self-belief was not to be wasted as cup winning chances do not come easily in a hyper competitive sporting world.

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