Legendary India spinner R Ashwin shared that India’s win in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 is bigger than any other major cricket tournament victory achieved by the country. Harmanpreet Kaur’s team created history on Sunday, November 2, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, defeating South Africa by 52 runs as well.

Reacting to this during a discussion on his YouTube channel on Monday, November 3, Ashwin said: “I would put this and rate this as an even bigger and colossal achievement than any other World Cup we have won. Any other World Cup that has been won, this is an even more colossal achievement. Because this has the ability to bring girls out there to practice the game of cricket and take up the sport seriously as a career option. And it is going to change the mindset and conditioning of everybody associated with Indian women and Indian women’s cricket. So it is an even bigger achievement.”

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However, R Ashwin also shared a story from around 2017-18, recalling a time when people in Hyderabad hardly recognized Mithali Raj.

“Many years ago, Ambati Rayudu was playing. It was around 2017-18 then, a sensation. He was playing a match at the Gymkhana Stadium in Hyderabad. The entire stadium was packed, and everyone was cheering. But Mithali Raj was already an Indian cricketing superstar. She was there on the ground, practicing. Not many people even knew that it was Mithali Raj,” he stated.

“So my point here is, this women’s team has brought us to this point. You know those campaigns we’ve seen so many times saying it’s not about the jersey you are wearing? You can wear Deepti, you can wear Smriti. I think that place and that time have truly arrived. It has arrived,” R Ashwin concluded.