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From travelling in unreserved train compartments to getting mobbed: How the treatment of women cricketers has changed

Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur along with her teammates, team staff and team owner Nita Ambani with the Women’s Premier League 2023 trophy at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI I came across a group of young women — a French translator, a make-up artist and a home-maker — at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai shortly after the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) last month. They were happy: their team, Mumbai Indians, had just won the inaugural edition of the WPL. Though they follow cricket, it was the first time that they were watching women’s cricket. They aren’t alone. The WPL has created a fan base of millions for women’s cricket in India, going by the eyeballs that the WPL attracted for over three weeks in March.Not that women’s cricket wasn’t ...