Before I start this article, there is a big confession I would probably need to make. When it was time for the Women's World Cup to start, I was sort of dreading it a bit. I have never been a keen follower of women's cricket and always considered it to be just a part of my job which I need to tick off each day. So once the event started, the whole focus was on the Indian team and rightfully so.
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They were the hosts of the tournament and one of the favourites to win the whole thing. But everyone seemed to know that the outright favourites were Australia, a team with 10 batters, 7 or 8 all-rounders and just packed with superstars. Now, my mind went back to the time I saw women's cricket for the first time. Incidentally, it was another World Cup where India went all the way to the final.
Now, there were murmurs of a young Harmanpreet Kaur being a dazzling batter, Mithali Raj being an inspirational captain and Jhulan Goswami being one of the best pacers. But, I still wasn't convinced at that point in time.
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