The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is set to begin on 30 September 2025 in India and Sri Lanka. With 50 days to go, an event took place in Mumbai on 11 August where India’s women’s team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, and Jemimah Rodrigues were present. Along with them, former India women’s captain Mithali Raj and former Indian men’s all-rounder Yuvraj Singh were also there.
According to a release from the ICC, Yuvraj Singh said that it is going to be a great opportunity for the women’s team to play in front of the home crowd and create history.
“I think the 50-over World Cup is the World Cup,” he said. “It’s happening in India, and I think everybody should be really excited about it. These moments don’t come often in your life, I believe.”
“I feel it’s a great opportunity to create history. But that doesn’t mean that from the start, you think you’re winning it. You have to experience the whole enigma of it. You have to feel that you put in the process, and the results will come,” he further added.
During the panel discussion, Mithali Raj also opened up about the growth of women’s cricket in India since her playing days.
“Coming under BCCI was a huge thing in 2006. The infrastructure and domestic setup were all taken care of by the financial angle. Because before that, there was hardly any international cricket. Now the girls play regularly, which helps a lot to keep the momentum. Coming under the ICC was a big moment as well. I remember in the 2009 T20 World Cup, my father saw me on TV for the first time,” Mithali said.
“Because there wasn’t much in the women’s game before that. I wanted to say goodbye to the sport because I was struggling with an injury since 2005. But when it was televised live by the ICC, my father watched it, and those who wanted to be involved saw it. And that helped me continue in the game.”
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