"Absolutely proud” - Amol Muzumdar after guiding India Women’s team to ICC World Women’s World Cup 2025 title

India women team’s head coach Amol Muzumdar finally helped them realize their long-cherished dream of winning the ICC Women’s World Cup. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side defeated South Africa in the final on November 2, 2025 in Navi Mumbai to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time.

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Muzumdar took over as head coach of Indian women’s team in 2023 and after two years, he has finally did the unthinkable. The captain of the Indian women's team, Harmanpreet Kaur, bent down and touched Amol Muzumdar's feet before embracing the head coach. 

Harmanpreet had discussed how Muzumdar's words in the dressing room after the Indian team's loss to England helped them turn their campaign around after the semi-final triumph over Australia. Respect and trust were reciprocated.

Considered one of the best batters in India, Amol Muzumdar was unlucky to have had his cricket career coincide with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and others. This meant that despite scoring 11,167 first-class runs that had 30 hundreds, Muzumdar never donned the India cap. 

After his retirement from the game, he took up coaching and began with guiding age group teams at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). He was part of the Rajasthan Royals’ support staff and served as South Africa’s batting consultant.

Muzumdar didn't say much about his part when he met with the host announcer after winning the championship, instead giving credit to the players.

“Unbelievable achievement and they (players) deserve every credit and everything that will follow from here. They have worked terribly hard. They have done every Indian proud. We did not look at those losses as losses, we looked at them as we could not get over the line. We dominated the majority of those matches, and we just thought there were some hiccups. We were still alive in the tournament and here we are, as world champions. I know for a fact that they have worked extremely hard for this, and it is a watershed moment for Indian cricket,” Muzumdar said to official broadcasters after India’s World Cup win.

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This is the 1983 moment for the Indian women's team and Muzumdar has played his part brilliantly.

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