In 2025, India's women cricket team did what generations had dreamed of they won the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.
Miracle Women is the story of that triumph, and of all the extraordinary women who made it possible.
Did you know? Harmanpreet Kaur hit a six so enormous during the 2009 ICC World Cup that her bat was sent to a laboratory for checking. Diana Edulji who wrote the foreword to this book is the first Indian woman cricketer inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Jemimah Rodrigues also played hockey at the national level before becoming one of India's finest batters.
From Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana to Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and the young guns of the 2025 World Cup squad, sports author Swayam Ganguly traces the full arc of Indian women's cricket the history, the heartbreak, the controversies, and the hard-won glory. Many of these players were taunted in their formative years, dismissed, overlooked only to be celebrated by the same people once they lifted the trophy.
Foreword by Diana Edulji, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and pioneer of Indian women's cricket.
An essential read for every Indian cricket fan.
Swayam Ganguly is a Kolkata-based author, editorial consultant and sports enthusiast. His sports books include Chambers Book of Football Facts, Chambers Book of Cricket Facts and Gukesh Dommaraju: A Chess Prodigy. Passionate storytelling, emotional richness and the use of playful puns make his works stand out.
He has also written books on cinema and cultural rituals, among other themes. When he is not writing, he directs corporate films.
In 2025, India's women cricket team did what generations had dreamed of they won the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.
Miracle Women is the story of that triumph, and of all the extraordinary women who made it possible.
Did you know? Harmanpreet Kaur hit a six so enormous during the 2009 ICC World Cup that her bat was sent to a laboratory for checking. Diana Edulji who wrote the foreword to this book is the first Indian woman cricketer inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Jemimah Rodrigues also played hockey at the national level before becoming one of India's finest batters.
From Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana to Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and the young guns of the 2025 World Cup squad, sports author Swayam Ganguly traces the full arc of Indian women's cricket the history, the heartbreak, the controversies, and the hard-won glory. Many of these players were taunted in their formative years, dismissed, overlooked only to be celebrated by the same people once they lifted the trophy.
Foreword by Diana Edulji, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and pioneer of Indian women's cricket.
An essential read for every Indian cricket fan.
Swayam Ganguly is a Kolkata-based author, editorial consultant and sports enthusiast. His sports books include Chambers Book of Football Facts, Chambers Book of Cricket Facts and Gukesh Dommaraju: A Chess Prodigy. Passionate storytelling, emotional richness and the use of playful puns make his works stand out.
He has also written books on cinema and cultural rituals, among other themes. When he is not writing, he directs corporate films.
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