Mithali Raj Shine India and a Woman Influencer

The woman who broke Twitter with her calm, batting, captaincy and her awesome self, who read a book before every match, had travelled unreserved in a train.

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Apeaking at the event, “We The Women”, she said “There were a lot of struggles in my journey. Now we are under the BCCI, but that time (when women cricketers were not under the board). The normal basic facility which a sports person gets to play even (we did not get). As an India cricketer, I have travelled unreserved from Hyderabad to Delhi by train, as an India player,”. It was being moderated by noted journalist Barkha Dutt.

Her grandparents were not comfortable when she took up sports. People opposed her from every direction. In fact, since she is originally from South India, Mithali Raj grandparents could not understand why she, being a girl, wanted to play cricket. But her parents supported her all the way. She was shielded from all the negativity, and was encouraged to give her best.

Mithali Raj grandparents were not comfortable when she took up sports. People opposed her from every direction. In fact, since she is originally from South India, her grandparents could not understand why she, being a girl, wanted to play cricket. But her parents supported her all the way. She was shielded from all the negativity, and was encouraged to give her best.

Coming from the Indian skipper to the women’s captain, the blunder speaks volumes about the kind of apathy lady cricketers face in the country. After all, it is still called the gentleman’s game!

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