New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Following Team India's triumph of 2025 Women's CWC, nation celebrates the rise of Indian women's justice to gradational level, one must not forget to credit former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary and current ICC president Jay Shah for truly backing a truly inclusive vision of women in sport.

While Jay is currently serving as ICC president, it was under his leadership as secretary of BCCI from 2019 to 2024 that the board embraced the idea of pay equality and enhanced professional leagues for women cricketers and grassroots investment and civil visibility, which has now empowered Indian women cricketers who now inspire millions of girls across the planet to take up Cricket.

Furthermore, the resu...