Former India cricketer Madan Lal congratulated the Indian women’s cricket team on their historic ICC Women’s World Cup victory over South Africa, saying the triumph will “inspire more girls to take up the sport and lead to greater investment and opportunities in women’s cricket”.

After heartbreaks in the 2005 and 2017 finals, the luck, skill set, balance, and depth favoured Team India; the clinical Women in Blue overcame South Africa, the first-time finalists, by 52 runs to secure their first-ever World Cup title across both T20I and ODI formats.

All-round performances from Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma were the crowning jewels for the team in the title clash.

Speaking on the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side’s performance in the title clash, Madan Lal told ANI, “I want to congratulate the In

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