India, Oct. 31 -- One of the most famous and historic wins in Indian cricket history took place at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday night, as an inspired innings of 127* by Jemimah Rodrigues helped India beat the behemoth Australian team and book their spot in the Women's World Cup final.

The impact of this kind of innings can't be underplayed in terms of the development of the women's sports not just in India but worldwide: this was a talented Indian team, but nothing compared to the quality possessed by the seven-time world champions, who were odds-on favourites to make it number eight.

With the match being on home turf and being a historic chase - 339 is the largest target hauled down in Women's ODI cricket - the posit...