The Spin | India’s WPL has captured the imagination and this is just the start

The visibility the competition has brought the women’s game in the country is unlike anything previously imagined

Giant outdoor advertisements featuring female cricketers occupying pride of place anywhere in India is a rarity. Even more so in bustling junctures across the country’s commercial and entertainment hub, Mumbai, where time and space are ever-shrinking commodities.

But a seven-storey wallscape with an artwork of the Mumbai Indians’ trio Harmanpreet Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar and Nat Sciver-Brunt has adorned a 20-storey skyscraper near the busy Haji Ali Junction in the southern part of the western Indian city since the start of the month.