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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicWomens cricket

Topic: Womens cricket

Women’s sports are missing out on a key ingredient of success—women viewers

Women are positioned as peripheral consumers of lifestyle products adjacent to sports, not core consumers of sports entertainment. This represents a massive market inefficiency.

Mandhana-Voll partnership powers RCB to second WPL crown with record chase in final vs Delhi Capitals

Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Voll’s 165-run stand helps Bengaluru chase down highest WPL final total of 204; Delhi suffer fourth straight runner-up finish.

They’re India’s blind World Cup champions. But they didn’t even have enough bats or grounds for practice

The Indian cricket team clinched the first Blind Women's T20 World Cup after defeating Nepal in the final this month. The squad was undefeated in the tournament.

Jungle, jungle pata chala hai & two sides of the same Trump

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Don’t see gender in criticism of women cricketers. Furore over Asia Cup loss is a positive sign

One Asia Cup loss doesn’t undermine the calibre of India’s women cricketers. After all, they have won the tournament seven out of nine times.

WPL changing cricket crowd culture. Kids in stands scream Jemimah, men now say ‘batswoman’

Mumbai, Navi Mumbai: The father-daughter duo settled into their seats in the West Stand at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on a sultry Sunday evening to...

‘Women’s IPL headed in right direction:’ Viacom18 wins media rights for Rs 951 crores

Viacom shares the men’s IPL rights with Disney Star. The first edition of the women’s league is expected this March.

Indian women score first loss against New Zealand in ICC World Cup, to face in-form West Indies next

Impressive death bowling from Vastrakar and Goswami kept New Zealand to 260-9 but despite Kaur’s efforts, the Indian chase never got going within the first 20 overs itself.

Aggressive off-side play — how Vastrakar, Rana ensured India beat Pakistan in Women’s World Cup

India were heading for defeat after losing 5 wickets for 18 runs, but a 122-run partnership from Vastrakar and Rana took the game away from Pakistan, with India winning by 107 runs.

Lots of practice but patchy record — where India stand as ICC Women’s World Cup begins Friday

With runners-up finishes in last ODI and T20 World Cups in 2017 and 2020, Mithali Raj-led India are looking to finally win a big trophy. But quality and form are issues.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.