{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"401. Played and Missed","description":"Before the spotlights, who kept the women\u2019s game alive? In 2017, India\u2019s women cricketers came heartbreakingly close to a World Cup win at Lord\u2019s. That match lit a fire, changing how the country saw its women athletes, and laying the foundation for today\u2019s Women\u2019s Premier League \u2013 the first women\u2019s sports league to turn profitable even before a single ball was bowled. It\u2019s the first time since that iconic evening at Lord\u2019s that the Women\u2019s World Cup is set to be hosted in India. This session will celebrate those forgotten days when world cups in India were played in front of empty seats, even when the cricket itself was no less significant. Bringing these narratives to life are Karunya Keshav, Ananya Upendran, and Aayush Puthran. This is a chance to hear directly from some of the best storytellers on women\u2019s cricket. In collaboration with: Bookmark Bookmark is a dating app for readers, created by the founders of Cubbon Reads, where one swipes books, not looks. Through a virtual bookshelf and prompts, people can find book buddies across the world. In this episode of BIC Talks, Ananya Upendran and Karunya Keshav will be in conversation with Aayush Puthran. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in Sep 2025. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music. ","author_name":"BIC TALKS","author_url":"https:\/\/bangaloreinternationalcentre.org","html":"