With the Women's team winning their first-ever ICC trophy in the 2025 Women's World Cup, there have been a lot of comparisons with India winning their maiden World Cup in 1983 defeating the mighty West Indies. Sunil Gavaskar, who was the opening batter in the 1983 squad, reflected on how both victories are important but not equivalent. Notably, the Indian Women team had already reached the ODI World Cup final twice- once in 2005 and the second time in 2017. The 2025 World Cup win came in their third attempt. However, for the Indian men, in 1983, the officials were pretty sure that India won't even reach the knockouts. Keeping aside the financial struggles India had at that time, the team, in the global stage, was just another participating team—the underdogs. From there, beating the defending champions and finally becoming a craze, it took time. Gavaskar recently wrote a column for The Sportstar where he emphasized how cricket is not bound for high-profil dignitaries and that has been proved again. Sports give places to sporting intelligence, and it's the Indian coaches who will win for the teams. He wrote, "The win once again emphasised, if ever it was needed, that sporting intelligence wins trophies, not fancy degrees from universities. It also proves that it will invariably be Indian coaches who get the best results since they know the players – their strengths, weaknesses, and temperament – and understand the nuances of Indian cricket better than any foreigner, however accomplished he or she may be." Notably, the 1983 World Cup did not have a coach, and the 2011 World Cup came with the South African Gary Kirsten in the dugout. There have been multiple time in both the men and the women campus where a Indian coach was assigned. However, the country had to wait for the Mumbai prodigy Amol Majumdar to win an ODI World Cup. Speaking about the differences between the 1983 and 2025 victory, Gavaskar wrote, "Just as the ’83 win galvanised Indian cricket and gave it a voice that was heard around the world, this victory will make the countries that started women’s cricket long before India did realise that their era of domination has been shaken. The ’83 win also encouraged parents of aspiring cricketers to let their children take up the game." He lauded the effect of the Women's Premier League in Indian cricket, encouraging parents to let daughters take up cricket professionally. Gavaskar thinks, the 2025 victory "will give new wings to women’s cricket, bringing more girls into the game from the remotest parts of India."