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Spirit of '83 rekindled, India women bag maiden WC title

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November 03, 2025

Forty-two years after Kapil Dev's unfancied Indian men's team stunned Clive Lloyd's mighty West Indies at Lord's and changed the sporting identity of a nation, India stood on the brink of another generational shift at the start of Sunday's ICC Women's World Cup final against South Africa in Navi Mumbai. As soon as Harmanpreet Kaur held on to a super catch to dismiss Nadine de Klerk to bundle the Proteas out for 246 in their chase of 299, that moment finally arrived at the stroke of midnight!

- TRIDIB BAPARNASH

If 1983 proved that India could belong on the world stage, 2025 proved that women could own it. The heroes this time, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, may now do for young girls what Kapil, Gavaskar, Amarnath and company did for an entire generation of boys by reshaping aspirations and making themselves household names in India.

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