Former off-spinner R Ashwin on Monday described the Indian women’s team’s maiden World Cup triumph as a “colossal achievement” and rated it as a bigger milestone than any other major global title the country has won so far.

The Indian team under Harmanpreet Kaur’s leadership beat South Africa by 52 runs in the final on Sunday to win its first ever global trophy.

“I would truly rate this as an even bigger and more colossal achievement than any other World Cup that we have won, because it inspires girls to play the game and consider the sport as a career option,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

‘Indian men’s team has never done something like this’

Following the victory, the team shared the trophy with legends such as Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Anjum Chopra and Reema Malhotra.

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