Overview
- The title, sealed at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, marks India’s first women’s world crown in cricket.
- Captains and seniors acknowledged predecessors during celebrations, as Harmanpreet Kaur invited Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and Anjum Chopra to share the moment.
- Profiles highlight players’ small‑town and working‑class roots, including Amanjot Kaur’s carpenter father crafting her first bat and Radha Yadav’s rise from a Kandivali pavement stall.
- Analysts call the victory a policy cue, urging expanded scouting, facilities and investment outside metropolitan hubs to convert momentum into long‑term gains.
- Commentary links the triumph to decades of structural change, from the WCAI’s formation and its 2006 merger into the BCCI to recent reforms such as equal match fees in 2022 and the 2023 launch of the Women’s Premier League.