NEW DELHI: A cricket coach in Haryana was told to train the women's side, and he got scared at first. One in Madhya Pradesh, who was worried whether the sole girl he had taken in his academy would be able to play with dozens of boys or not, got told by her, "Sir, I can do it. Are you ready?” Another was hesitant to admit a girl from a different state to his academy in Himachal Pradesh, but agreed after her parents' request. Little did they know that the girls they were coaching would go on to script history in Indian women’s cricket, and would be part of a moment "equivalent to the 1983 win of the men's cricket team", and would end up changing the direction of women’s cricket itself. The players lifted the trophy and certainly deserve all the credit. But behind those superstars were

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