2025 has been a year of sporting firsts. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Madison Keys, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Harry Kane: a lot of famous teams and sportspersons have ended their droughts for trophies.

The Indian women’s cricket team has the opportunity to join in on the history. As India hosts the ICC 2025 Women’s World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur’s side can become the first in the country to lift the coveted title.

They came close in 2017, but the issues of inexperience, batting depth, and a lack of match-winners with the mentality to step up under pressure caught them short of a miracle. The fact that winning it in 2025, after a gap of just eight years, would no longer be a miracle but instead an ‘about-time’ achievement is a testimony to the improvement they have pushed through in

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