At the doorsteps of 2026! What better time than now to look back at the old year fading away and the impact it had on Indian sports. Yes, there were disappointments but overall. it must be said 2025 must have been a year of inspiration. Much good has flowed and interestingly it has been the women who have been to the fore! Talk of cricket, easily the most followed sport in the country and surely it is usually the men who would dominate any discussion. The old year was no different particularly after the success in the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup. And there was this big happening of two stars deciding to exit at least in Test matches. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, perhaps the two most popular and followed cricketers in the country took that decision and fans certainly accepted that shocker with a touch of melancholy. After Sachin Tendulkar and M S. Dhoni left the stage this must have been the biggest happening in Indian cricket.

To some extent this went to the background thanks to the riveting show by the women cricketers. Winning the ODI World Cup not only brought up an historic moment in women’s cricket in India but raised the stature of the women cricketers as such. Equality has been the theme in sporting competitions world over now. What better way could the women have done this in the sport of cricket which had........

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