Stakeholders are making efforts to build up excitement among fans for the Women’s 50-over World Cup.
Cricket, in particular, has long been seen as a “male sport”, yet attitudes are gradually changing. While we still have work to do on women’s cricket in India and the World Cup in 2017 were major milestones towards progress; people were particularly enthusiastic about Mithali Raj’s performance during that tournament.
Before the World Cup started, she had 3,000 Twitter followers; after Euros she now boasts over 930,000! Naturally, such performances can stir an entire country; we recently witnessed this in Britain with their women’s football team winning Euros. Even during the World Cup itself, SportsAdda live score was being checked regularly by people unfamiliar with women’s cricket to stay abreast of events as it unfolded.
Women’s cricket in India is experiencing tremendous growth, due to several contributing factors. We should all rejoice at seeing female sport accepted and respected; with media supporting women’s cricket becoming ever more prevalent among young girls as role models and idols. We can only expect its growing popularity to increase further over time.