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Fair play: Will the World Cup win bring some fairness to women's cricket?

Lifting the women’s World Cup is not just about a victory against all odds — it’s a unique moment to accord to women’s cricket in India the same facilities, opportunities and stage as the men get

Deepankar Sharda

Updated At : 05:27 AM Nov 09, 2025 IST

Indian women’s cricket has finally come into its own, firing the imagination of a cricket-crazy country that had ignored them for far too long. ANI

In January 2018, while talking to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, also the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj had a simple comment: “Cricket is not gender-biased. If male cricketers deserve all the facilities, why can’t women get equal attention?”

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

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Fair play: Will the World Cup win bring some fairness to women's cricket?

Lifting the women’s World Cup is not just about a victory against all odds — it’s a unique moment to accord to women’s cricket in India the same facilities, opportunities and stage as the men get

Deepankar Sharda

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