From cycling 10 km to practice after farm chores to lifting the World Cup, Uma Chetry’s story is one of grit and grace. The first woman cricketer from Northeast India to become a world champion.
From Rohtak to Siliguri, their grit shone through. India’s women cricketers lifted the ICC World Cup 2025 — rewriting the story of Indian cricket forever.
Smriti Mandhana from Maharashtra went from being a neighbourhood cricketer to becoming the only Indian to win ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award twice.
As the inspiring Vrinda Rathi says, when everyone around knows that you mean business at the center of the field, your gender does not matter. Kudos to her!
The permitted size of the bat is now defined, with the width and length unchanged, but with added restrictions on the thickness of the edges (40mm) and the overall depth (67mm). Umpires will be issued with a new bat gauge, which they can use to check a bat’s legality.