New Delhi: As Harmanpreet Kaur-led India gear up to face South Africa in the much-anticipated final of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, India’s first women’s cricket team captain, Shantha Rangaswamy, recently recalled the struggles her team used to face during her playing days. Rangaswamy revealed that the Indian women’s team players used to travel in unreserved coaches on trains and sleep on the floor.

Rangaswamy, who is 71 now, made her debut for the Indian women’s cricket team in a Test match against the West Indies women’s cricket team in November 1976. She was the first player to be appointed as the captain of the women’s team. Rangaswamy played 16 Tests and 19 ODIs for India from 1976 to 1991.

Ahead of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 final between India and South Africa at the DY Pa

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