India, Nov. 4 -- The Indian women's cricket team emerged third time lucky when they beat South Africa in the final by 52 runs and won the Women's World Cup. Previously, they had come close to winning the ODI World Cup twice - in 2005 and 2017 - only to stumble at the final hurdle and finish runner-up. Eight years since the heartbreak at Lord's in 2017, under Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and her bright group of girls gave Indian women's cricket its moment under the sun, clinching the biggest title there is to win.

The victory immediately drew comparisons to the Indian men's team's World Cup victories - especially in 1983, when Kapil Dev's team had defied all odds to win the World Cup by beating the mighty West Indies, the greatest team o...