With WPL finding its pride of place in the calendar, India in the future can be at the forefront of where women’s cricket can potentially reach, legendary New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine said after her team's defeat to India, which dashed their hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-final.

Devine, who captained New Zealand in her fifth World Cup, is set to retire from ODIs on Sunday as the White Ferns crashed out of the race to the semifinals with a huge loss to India here.

"We've got to be realistic about is (that) these things don't happen overnight. We're not like India. We don't have one billion people to be able to call upon. We're literally a small country at the bottom of the world with five million people," she said when asked about domestic cricket in New Zealand can improve.

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