ICC Women's T20I World Cup: India vs Australia - 5 talking points from the Women in Blue's victory

#1 The magnificent support from the fans

Australia v India - ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup

It is not often that the crowd makes for a talking point after the game but this time around, it did. The crowd of 13,432 has been the best for a standalone women's cricket match in Australia ever. With this one being the first game of the tournament, and with the crowd turning up in large numbers, women’s cricket is definitely no longer adjunct to men’s cricket.

The 2017 ODI World Cup was when women’s cricket turned a corner. A large number of crowd would turn up at the games in England and the television viewership was also high. In the World Cup editions prior to that, there was no television telecast because broadcasters weren’t too confident about the viewership and revenue for women’s cricket.

But things have changed now and this time, not only is there television viewership but also live streaming on OTT platforms like Hotstar. Women’s cricket can finally be seen on the same level with men’s cricket. All it always needed was media attention.