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India won a historic World Cup (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Getty Images When inspirational skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, her legend deepening with every step, sprinted across the Mumbai ground to dethrone Australia and signal a tilting of power in women’s cricket. It was inevitable that the momentum from India’s semi-final victory for the ages would sweep into the final against South Africa and, by the end of a momentous tournament, Harmpanpreet lifted the trophy high into the sky in front of giddy compatriots. Women’s cricket, which had found it hard to penetrate cultural differences in South Asia, will never be the same again. With India’s heroes having become icons in their cricket mad homeland of a billion, the popularity of women’s cricket will soar and there is hope the game can start to seriously develop, particularly in other rather reticent South Asian countries. Fans of the women’s team celebrates (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times via Getty Images Women’s cricket is also seen as the growth engine for the sport, with the incredible rise of Thailand – a country with no British roots – where investment has seen their women’s team rise to 11th in the Twenty20 world rankings. The development has helped cricket be included in next month’s Southeast Asian Games, in several cities in Thailand, including Bangkok. ForbesCricket Included In 2025 Southeast Asian GamesBy Tristan Lavalette Thailand’s incredible success story underlines the possibilities of the women’s game, especially in non-traditional cricket countries. Many countries – such as Brazil and Germany – have strategically looked at the women as the real growth area, where it is possible to lift up the rankings in comparison to the men’s. “Women’s cricket is growing, it’s a flagship for us,”Deutscher Cricket Bund president Severin Weiss told me recently. “We…

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