Women's Premier League Season 1 is over; women's cricket is just starting

Smash hit: High-grade competitive action, money, international players have all poured in

Insofar as official tournament hashtags go, the Women’s Premier League (WPL) seemed to have nailed it perfectly. #YehToBasShuruatHai (this is just the beginning) works two-fold — the promise of more to keep everyone excited and the thrill at having already broken a ceiling, but wait, there’s more yet. For a country obsessed with cricket — although most of India’s obsession is with the boys in blue — this tournament’s epic finale, won by the Mumbai Indians at Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, may well be the catalyst to change the future of the women’s game. 

Official attendances in the league have