A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house of India's Parliament on Friday, along with a separate, linked proposal to expand the national legislature by redrawing voting boundaries.

The last time India and South Africa's women's teams met, there was a first World Cup trophy at stake. At a packed and partisan DY Patil Stadium, Harmanpreet Kaur and her team made history and became ODI champions while South Africa suffered the pain of losing a third successive tournament final.