Women Cricket World – India’s Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates with the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup trophy with teammates after victory in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup India 2025 final match between India and South Africa at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, India on November 02, 2025.

(Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Credit for this goes to Jay Shah’s vision which started with a push for equal match fees in 2022. Till now, only 5% of India’s total athlete support pie came from female athletes and cricketers. After this win, data from the 2025 edition (which will be out next year) should tell a very different story Vineet Karnik.