India, Nov. 3 -- Harmanpreet Kaur touching Amol Muzumdar's feet after the World Cup victory on Sunday night was a deeply Indian gesture that spoke of respect and reverence for the teacher. It also showed how the women's team finally had a head coach who had secured admiration, inspired faith and won them over after so many others who could not.

It's only been a decade or so since Indian women's cricket has truly embraced the professional path. There is, therefore, still greater value in securing services of coaches who have gone through the competitive grind of the more established men's cricket framework. Muzumdar has come through the ranks of the coaching circuit in the National Cricket Academy, assisted Shane Warne at Rajasthan Royals...