Ravichandran Ashwin believes that young spinner Shree Charani was the ‘biggest reason’ for India’s triumph in the 2025 Women’s World Cup. Comparing her fundamentals to established spin superstars like Sophie Ecclestone, Jess Jonassen, and Sophie Molineux, Ashwin said the Andhra Pradesh youngster ‘crushed’ the tournament and predicted that she’d be a ‘superstar’ in the near future.

Charani was the undeniable find of the tournament. She picked wickets in all but one match of the tournament. Five of her 14 wickets in the tournament came against Australia across the group-stage match and the semi-final, where opposition captain Alyssa Healy called her the ‘main threat’ of the Indian attack.

“Her ball rotation is at the correct speed," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel on Monday. “It matches

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