Mithali Raj, former captain or female Cricket team; Shantha Rangaswamy, former and first captain, and Shreyanka Patil, Crickt player in Hindu Huddle 2025, in Bangalore | Photo credit: Murali Kumar K
Shantha Rangaswamy, the first captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket team, spoke about her pioneering role. “We Laid The Foundation. We May not have the likes of mithali and shreyank If we had missed in the initial stages. What drug us was the passion for the game,” Shanthha Said in a session titled “No Boundaries: Growth of Women’s Cricket in India, Sports in India, Sports in India, Sports in India Sports in India, Sport in India, Sports in India, Sports in India Editor, The Hindu.
In a brilliant international career that covered more than two decades, Mithali moved the needle in terms of popularization of female Cricket. Mithali declared that the turning point for the sport arrived in 2006, when the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) Tok Control or Women’s Cricket.
“In my early days, when the Women’s Women’s Cricket Association (WCAI) directed the sport, the financial aspect was not excellent. It was a fight for investors and support we had an international series. Between a BCCI it was huge, resources, equipment and internal structures,” Mithali said.
A launch for all
Arriving under the BCCI umbrella gave Mithali and other access to first -class facilities such as the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. In the NCA, the interactions between the Cricket and unconditional players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid proved to be invaluable. “When you have a dialogue with people like Sachin and Dravid, you learn a lot,” Mithali said.
The 42 -year -old woman recalled a time when she looked for Tendulkar’s help. “When I was a little older, I had trouble choosing fast bowling players. I asked Tendulkar advice, and he told me to practice 18 yards launch adjustment or 22 -yard strips. This helped me a lot, as I advanced in the T20,” Mithal “, Mithal,” Mithal “, the mithal prize,” the Mithal Prize. “
Shreyanka, the modern star, paid tribute to her predecessors. “Shanta Madame laid the foundations. They had to face challenges that not all families allowed girls to play. And then Mithali came. People spoke about Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as the big names. They cannot thank our eldest enough for what they did for the crying of women in a scenario where we get everything, the facilities, the infrastructures, the infrastructures, the exhibition, the exhibition, the exhibition, the exhibition More, they said.
Posted on May 9, 2025
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