‘Fantastic year’ for Indian cricket: Sunil Gavaskar analyses 2023, hails women’s team

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This year, the men's team ended up as the runners-up in the ICC World Cup and seized the Asia Cup..

The women's team recorded groundbreaking Test victories over England and Australia..

I think it's been a fantastic year for both the men's and the women's team, particularly the way the women's team has performed," Gavaskar said on Star Sports..

"Those two Test wins towards the year-end, one against England and one against Australia, both teams against whom the Indian women's team have had tough times earlier on."..

Despite their success in the Asia Cup and Asian Games, they faced setbacks in the World Test Championship Final and World Cup, losing both to Australia..

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