Today could be a game-changing day in this cricket-crazy country. Kapil Dev’s Devils did the unthinkable by beating the mighty West Indies to become 1983 world champions, making cricket the default sport Sports in India. Now Harmanpreet Kaur and her band of merry girls have a chance to usher in a ‘1983 moment’ of their own.

Harmanpreet’s 171-run knock against Australia in the 2017 World Cup semifinal was a seminal moment for Indian women’s cricket, and what Jemimah Rodrigues achieved at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on Thursday evening ensured that her innings would be spoken of in the same breath.

Chasing down a world record target, that too in a World Cup knockout game against the near-invincible Aussies, is a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence. It needed talent, grit and belief – e

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