{"id":122,"date":"2021-03-09T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/?p=122"},"modified":"2021-03-22T19:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:04:34","slug":"womens-cricket-in-india-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/2021\/03\/09\/womens-cricket-in-india-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s cricket in India: Then and now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/lastwicket\/episodes\/The-Fire-Burns-Blue-for-Womens-Cricket-in-India-erua2p\">The Last Wicket<\/a> podcast had the very articulate Ananya Upendran and me on to talk about the evolution of women&#8217;s cricket in India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How has the sport changed from the 70s? What are the pros and cons of women&#8217;s cricket coming under BCCI? What work needs to happen at the grass roots? 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