‘Colossal achievement than any other’: Ravichandran Ashwin hails India Women’s World Cup win as bigger than any men’s triumph

Former off-spinner R Ashwin on Monday described the Indian women’s team’s maiden World Cup triumph as a “colossal achievement” and rated it as a bigger milestone than any other major global title the country has won so far.

The Indian team under Harmanpreet Kaur’s leadership beat South Africa by 52 runs in the final on Sunday to win its first ever global trophy.

“I would truly rate this as an even bigger and more colossal achievement than any other World Cup that we have won...