When Harmandar Bhullar and his wife Satwinder welcomed their first child in Dunneke village near Moga, they chose to celebrate her arrival in a way that turned heads. On their way home from the hospital, instead of buying pink baby clothes, the couple picked out a bright yellow toddler’s suit with the words “Good Batting” stitched across the front.

“We wanted to show everyone that daughters are no less than sons,” recalls Harmandar. “That’s why we dressed her in that suit right after she was born. We then took her to the gurdwara sahib to offer prayers. Maybe it was destiny written on that little outfit.”

More than thirty years later, that small yellow suit—lovingly preserved by Satwinder—has become a symbol of destiny fulfilled. On the day India lifted the Women’s World Cup after defeat

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