As India gears up to host the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup, fast-bowling all-rounder Arundhati Reddy stands on the brink of realising a childhood dream, representing her country in a World Cup on home soil.

India, still in pursuit of their first senior women’s global title, will launch their campaign on Tuesday against fellow co-hosts Sri Lanka at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati. For Arundhati, the moment carries a sense of déjà vu, rooted in memories from her own formative years.

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“To be honest, the 2007 T20 World Cup that India won inspired me to start playing cricket, but it was the 2011 World Cup at home, with Sachin sir being part of it and everything that happened that year, that really left a mark on me,” she recalled.

The Hyderabad cricketer said those memories of MS Dho

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