Can Mithali emulate Kapil at Lord's on July 23?

India has been pretty erratic in the Women's World Cup (WWC). In the first five editions from 1973-93, we didn't participate in two and failed to make any type of impact in the remaining three. We had a bit of a run from 1997-2009, making one final, two semi-finals and bagging one third place.

Then it all fell apart in 2013 and we finished last in our group. The only consolation then was that we beat Pakistan for the seventh place payoff.

However, the Indian women have stormed back into the reckoning in the 2017 edition. This could be well our best chance of winning the WWC for the first time ever.

By Sunil Rajguru

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