Over the years, women’s cricket has change into extraordinarily widespread in India. With pay parity, and the introduction of the Women’s Premier League, the recreation has been considered one of the main highlights of the ladies sports activities’ development story in the nation.
In the Seventies, when a bunch of younger ladies took up cricket, it was far from simple for them to pursue their ardour. But with willpower and an indomitable spirit, they by no means gave up. In 1973, when the Women’s Cricket Association of India (WCAI) was shaped in Lucknow, it was a stroll into the unknown for the cricketers and the administration. The Women in Blue performed their first ODI throughout the 1978 World Cup — the identical 12 months that the WCAI obtained recognised by the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC).
However, regardless of having fun with success in bilateral cricket, it took India greater than three a long time to hog the limelight in the worldwide enviornment. That occurred when the women’s workforce reached the ultimate of the Cricket World Cup held in South Africa in 2005. Thereafter, with the BCCI bringing women’s cricket into its fold, the recreation obtained an enormous shot in the arm. With the Board caring for the players and offering services, India reached the ultimate of the 2017 World Cup. Even although it completed runner-up, this was a game-changing second and helped the recreation obtain one more increase in phrases of recognition.
At The Hindu Huddle session titled “No Boundaries: Growth of women’s cricket in India”, Shanta Rangaswamy, India’s first women’s workforce captain and a former BCCI apex council member; Mithali Raj, former India captain; and Shreyanka Patil, India worldwide and Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketer, will speak us by means of the journey of women’s cricket in the nation.
In the session moderated by Okay.C. Vijaya Kumar, Sports Editor of the The Hindu, the panelists, who belong to three totally different generations, will share their ideas on how the recreation has grown and the street forward.
The Huddle can be held in Bengaluru on May 9 and 10.
If you may have any questions that you want to our moderator to ask the panelists, write to us at huddle@thehindu.co.in
Published – May 04, 2025 12:05 am IST
