India has been really obsessed with cricket and doesn't want to invest in football.

"Football is in real terms a global sport and with India's demography and the globalisation, it is a natural fallout that football will be the sport of choice in India.

With the advent of the IWL and national team striker N Bala Devi's foray into top Scottish club Rangers, women's football has started to gain traction in recent times. Das is optimistic about more progress in the future.

"We want to develop women's football in a big way too and while we are in the process of creating a robust domestic structure, we believe that hosting international events like the 

FIFA U17 Women's 

World Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup will give a big boost to women's football in India."