Men had never even reached the finals. Gavaskar told why girls’ World Cup victory is not like 1983:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Sunil Gavaskar Statement: Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ODI World Cup 2025. After this historic victory, there is an atmosphere of celebration in the entire country and the team is being praised a lot. Many people are comparing this victory with the first Men’s World Cup trophy won by Kapil Dev’s team in 1983. However, Indian cricket legend and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Sunil Gavaskar does not completely agree with this.

Gavaskar believes that there is a big and fundamental difference between the two victories. He has made it clear that he is not underestimating the achievements of the girls, but is explaining the context of both the victories.

What is Gavaskar’s argument?

Sunil Gavaskar told in an interview that when the men’s team went to play the World Cup in 1983, no one expected them to win.

He said, “The difference is that before 1983, the men’s team had never reached a World Cup final, or even the semi-finals. We had never even gone to the knockout stage. We were complete underdogs.”

Gavaskar further praised the women’s team and said that they were one of the strong contenders in this World Cup. He said, “Look at our girls. They have been performing well for the last several years. They also reached the final of the last World Cup. They were one of the favorites this time and they performed as per expectations and won the trophy.”

Celebration of victory is no less, the context is different

The gist of what Gavaskar said is that the 1983 win was a win that brought a new revolution in the world of Indian cricket. Before that victory, no one had even thought that India could become world champion. This was an unexpected and shocking victory.

At the same time, the victory of the women’s team is the result of their years of hard work, consistency and growing dominance. This team has been counted among the top teams of world cricket for the last few years and this time they proved their ability and won the cup.

Sunil Gavaskar also said that this victory of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team will also write a new chapter in Indian cricket and will inspire millions of girls of the country to play cricket. He made it clear that both the victories were great and very important in their own places, but the circumstances and expectations behind them were completely different.