Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, and Harmanpreet Kaur are the one three Indian captains to win an ODI ICC World Cup, contemplating each women and men’s cricket.
Nevertheless, MS Dhoni and Harmanpreet Kaur are the one two Indian gamers to attain a really uncommon feat, and that is main their groups to IPL/WPL and ODI World Cup victories in the identical yr.
The previous did this over a decade in the past, first profitable World Cup after which lifting his second Indian Premier League title.
The latter received the Ladies’s Premier League in March, and equalled MS Dhoni on this facet by profitable the ICC Ladies’s World Cup on November 2, 2025, India’s first title.
MS Dhoni Set This Document In 2011
MS Dhoni had already led the Chennai Tremendous Kings to 2 finals, as soon as in 2008 after which in 2010. He misplaced the previous, however received the latter, in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
In 2011, he led CSK to a different victorious marketing campaign, beating Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) within the closing. This was just a few months after he had led India to an ICC World Cup title after 28 years.
Curiously, Harmanpreet Kaur’s Ladies’s World Cup victory additionally comes after two WPL profitable campaigns.
India’s Street To Ladies’s World Cup Glory
Taking part in at dwelling, the Ladies in Blue have been considered one of many favorites to win the event, however with Australia and England standing in the best way, issues weren’t going to be simple.
In actual fact, each of those groups beat India within the group stage, together with South Africa, who they met within the closing.
After occurring a three-match shedding streak, the hosts bounced again exhausting, defeating New Zealand to enter the knockouts.
They then chased a 330+ rating within the semi-final to beat Australia, and restricted the Proteas 52 runs behind their set complete within the action-packed closing to carry the World Cup.
