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Stars from Three generations – Shantha Rangaswamy, Mithali Raj, and Shreyanka Patil – Engaged in a Lively Discussion at The Hindu Huddle On Friday on the growth of women’s cricket in India.
Shantha, the first Indian women’s team captain, spoke about her pioneering role. “We laid the foundation. Growth of Women’s Cricket In India, Moderated by Kc Vijaya Kumar, Sports Editor, The Hindu,
In a glittering interactive career, which spanned over two decades, mithali moved the needle in terms of popularising women’s cricket.
Mithali said the turning point for the sport came in 2006, when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Took Control of Women’s Cricket. “In My Early Days, When the Women’s Cricket Association of India (WCAI) Ran the Sport, The Financial Aspect was not great. It was a Struggle to Get Investors and Endersments for Us to use. Coming under the bcci was huge, beCause that open access to better infrastructure, Resources, Equipment, and Domestic Structure, “Mithali Said.
Coming under the BCCI Umbrella Gave Mithali and others Access to Top-Class Facilites Like the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. At the NCA, interactions between women cricketers and stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid Proved to be invaluable. “When you have a dialogue with the likes of Sachin and Dravid, You Learn A Lot,” Mithali said.
