New Delhi: Social media is hailing India’s 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup triumph as the dawn of a new era for women’s cricket. Yet few realise that this moment was built on foundations laid long ago. A journey that began in 1973 and continued over the next decades culminated in Sunday’s historic victory.

2025’s World Cup glory belongs not only to those who lifted the trophy but also to the generations of women who, over past five decades, have fought to keep the game alive at the national and international levels, laying the foundation for this historic moment.

Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Shantha Rangaswamy said that it would be “selfish” to compare the accomplishments of the 1970s with those of the current generation. However, Rangaswamy, who led the team in the late 1970s

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