Sachin Tendulkar, recalling India’s 1983 triumph, said the ICC Women’s World Cup could ignite a generational shift in Indian cricket. He praised Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, lauded the WPL and equal pay, and called the event a transformative moment.

HYDERABAD: “I often go back to that magical evening of June 25, 1983, when India’s fearless band of brothers lifted the World Cup at Lord’s. I was barely 10 years old, but the images of the players running with stumps and bails, including Mohinder Amarnath, who also won the Man of the Match in both the semi-final and the final; and of the team holding that gleaming trophy aloft, are etched in my mind forever,” says legend Sachin Tendulkar.

“For me, it was not just a cricket match – it was a revelation. That win told an entire genera

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