“He visits the shop whenever he is in Pune.”Gavaskar was the biggest icon of Indian cricket when Shubhangi started playing the game. A good show for the Combined Universities team against the touring New Zealand paved the way for her Test team entry. It was while she was the secretary of the Women’ Cricket Association of India, in 2006, that the BCCI took over. That was one big step forward for women’s cricket. “Sharad Pawar had shown interest even before he took over as BCCI president,” says Shubhangi.

Source: The Hindu June 01, 2022 01:05 UTC