The 2025 ICC Women's ODI World Cup has been historic enough to not just be the maiden World Cup win for India but also to mark a new beginning in Indian Women's cricket. The cricketers have been running from places receiving awards and felicitations and have been promised several gifts. Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar, who was a member of India's first World Cup win, in 1983, gave a reality check to the Women's team, warning on how most promises are done to gaslight and sometimes earn some leverage for their own institutions by using the image of the winners. Gavaskar recently wrote a column for the Mid-Day where he cautioned the "girls" to not be disheartened if the awards don't come. He wrote, "Just a word of caution to the girls. Please don't get disappointed if some of the promised awards don’t come to you. In India, advertisers, and brands and individuals are quick to jump on the bandwagon and try and get free publicity for themselves on the shoulders of the winners." He added, "Have a look at the full-page advertising and hoardings congratulating the team. Unless they are team and individual players’ sponsors, the rest are only trying to promote their brands or themselves and giving nothing to the ones who have brought glory to Indian cricket." Read also: World Record: Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar Hits Fastest Fifty in First-Class Cricket Gavaskar recall his experience post-1983 triumph Like the women's team, he too witnessed the first-ever trophy for India, however, from scratch. During his days, there were multiple promises that weren't kept. However, that never came in way of feeling proud for the win. He wrote, "The 1983 team also were made many promises with loads of coverage in the media then. Almost all never materialised. The media can’t be blamed as they were happy to carry the lofty announcements, not realizing that they also were being used by these shameless people. So girls, don’t fret if these shameless ones are using your win to promote themselves." Notably, Indian women won the ICC World Cup in their third attempt. The first time was in 2005, and the second time was in 2017, the season when Women's team saw a massive rise compared to the other seasons. With Harmanpreet Kaur leading her team to the WODI World Cup win, she became the third Indian captain after Kapil Dev (1983) and MS Dhoni (2011) to ever win an ODI World Cup.