Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: An interesting fact in the Indian women’s World Cup glory is that the historic win was fashioned by girls from small towns, who not only dared to dream big, but also had the conviction to translate their dreams into reality. Most of the girls who brought home the coveted Cup don’t hail from metro cities where there is easy access to training facilities and good coaching.
All-rounder Deepti Sharma, who played a crucial innings of 58 runs in the November 2 final and grabbed 5 South African wickets, had to travel some 50 km from her home in Agra to the coaching facility. The other allrounder Amanjot Kaur’s father is a carpenter in Mohali, Punjab, and she had to undergo immense hardship before embarking on her cricketing career.
Not much different is the story of Shree C h a r a n i , who hails from a nondescript village in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district. Her father works in a minor position at the Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project. Left-arm bowler Radha Yadav’s father is a vegetable seller, and she lives in a 225 square feet-house behind his stall in Kandivli, Mumbai.
It is girls like these who fought against adversaries to make India’s World Cup dream turn into reality.