Playing their third 50-over World Cup final, India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, beat the Laura Wolvaardt-led side by 52 runs to lift the World Cup trophy and to be named the world champions for the first time in the history of the sport in India.

Tendulkar reserved special praise for the team as he took to X and wrote, “1983 inspired an entire generation to dream big and chase those dreams. Today, our Women’s Cricket Team has done something truly special. They have inspired countless young girls across the country to pick up a bat and ball, take the field and believe that they too can lift that trophy one day. This is a defining moment in the journey of Indian women’s cricket. Well done, Team India. You’ve made the whole nation proud.”

Speaking of the match, India posted 298 runs on the board courtesy of top knocks by Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma. The duo did equally well with the ball as the former picked up two crucial wickets during India’s defense, dismissing Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp, and the latter finished with a magnificent five-wicket haul.

Tendulkar reserved special praise for the team as he took to X and wrote, “1983 inspired an entire generation to dream big and chase those dreams. Today, our Women’s Cricket Team has done something truly special. They have inspired countless young girls across the country to pick up a bat and ball, take the field and believe that they too can lift that trophy one day. This is a defining moment in the journey of Indian women’s cricket. Well done, Team India. You’ve made the whole nation proud.”

With that, the Indian women’s cricket team finally ended their ICC trophy drought.