What a win for the Indian women’s cricket team it turned out to be. There’s no cricketing aficionado who would have been left untouched by the campaign that the women in blue mounted—slow and stumbling at the start, coming into their own later in the tournament, beating the mighty Australians in the semis, and then powering over the South African team to clinch the title.

Even those disinterested in cricket have hailed the glorious win as a metaphor for something beyond mere cricket or any other sport. It symbolises a triumph of women’s determination, myriad sacrifices of their families and coaches, and their overcoming of socio-cultural barriers and structural issues to prove that they could be the champions.

In the wake of this stirring win, and taking a cue from cricket icon Sachin Te

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