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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicIndian women's cricket

Topic: Indian women's cricket

Will 2025 do for women’s cricket what 1983 did for men? Brands are fickle

When the Indian women’s cricket team brought home the World Cup, they also brought home a wave of brand deals and bigger endorsement cheques. The...

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Other victories of Indian women cricketers this world cup—fans, viewership & ‘sold out’ stadia

TV & digital viewership for 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup was all-time high for women ICC events. Stadiums also witnessed record turnouts, with the India vs SA final being ‘sold out’.

Not 2025, it began in 1973. Women’s World Cup win was culmination of a dream 50 years in the making

From Shantha Rangaswamy to Jhulan Goswami & Mithali Raj, women cricketers had to fight countless battles before Harmanpreet Kaur’s team lifted the ODI World Cup Sunday night.

Shafali Verma is Rohtak’s favourite daughter. Inspiring girls like Sachin Tendulkar did

At Shafali Varma’s home in Rohtak, guests keep pouring in to congratulate the family. The common refrain is ‘Beti ne naam roshan kar diya’— a daughter has done us all proud.

Written off at first, she wrote history: Shafali Verma’s road to World Cup glory

Shafali Verma wasn’t part of the squad, but after Pratika Rawal injured herself in the match against Bangladesh, the women’s selection committee named her as Rawal’s replacement.

World Cup final: Today’s the day when women in blue look to create history

Jemimah’s heroics have set stage for final, which India has reached for 3rd time, but South Africa will be tricky to beat. Match time, venue to who's on the squad, here are the details.

What’s steering BRICS in a new direction, and Jemimah’s historic ton marks new dawn for women’s cricket

Global media also writes on failure of cloud-seeding in Delhi and the increasing demand for weight-loss drugs. FT interviews Sumant Sinha, founder of ReNew Energy. 

‘True display of belief & passion’: Virat Kohli on India’s Women’s World Cup semi-final win

Century by Jemimah Rodrigues and another big knock by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helped India pull off the highest ever run chase in women's ODIs in game against Australia.

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.