Amol Muzumdar: The man who never played for India but helped India learn how to win

Amol Muzumdar: The man who never played for India but helped India learn how to win

Amol Muzumdar spent years waiting for a phone call that would never come. But when he finally got the chance, it wasn't with a bat in his hand, but as the brains behind India's Women's World Cup win.

Amol Muzumdar: The man who never played for India, but found his India

The final moments had barely faded when Amol Muzumdar quietly stepped back, watching the tricolor unfurl under the floodlights of DY Patil Stadium on Sunday. The Indian women’s team huddled together, tears and laughter blurring into one joyous blur. Cameras followed the players; fireworks crackled overhead. Amid the chaos, he simply smiled, quiet, proud, perhaps a little overwhelmed. It was a night of celebration for India. But for Muzumdar, it …