At 12:36 AM, moments after India’s women lifted the 2025 World Cup trophy in front of a roaring crowd at DY Patil, Mandira Bedi wrote a short, heartfelt tweet. Most people didn’t notice it.

The internet was overflowing with edits, reels, and victory posts. But that one tweet came from someone who had seen this journey long before it became a headline. Mandira’s support didn’t begin after the win. She had been part of the fight when women’s cricket barely had a pulse.

When she walked into a man’s world

Back in the early 2000s, cricket shows on TV in India were almost completely run by men. They controlled the commentary boxes, the discussion panels, and pretty much every corner of the cricket world on screen.

Then came Mandira Bedi, a popular TV actress, walking into the 2003 World Cu

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