Mithali, famend as the best run-scorer in Women’s One Day Internationals (WODIs) with a staggering 7,805 runs, spoke concerning the thrilling alternative that lies forward for the Indian males’s cricket workforce.
“As an Indian cricket fan, I would want India to play in the final. It is a big opportunity. We are the host nation and the conditions are in our favour. If they (team) do well, we will get another opportunity to lift the World Cup,” Mithali said throughout her presence on the Women’s Premier League ultimate in Srinagar.
The Indian ladies’s cricket luminary believes that girls’s cricket holds immense potential for development within the area.
“For the past two to three years, the BCCI has been making a lot of efforts to promote the women’s game and women players. The WIPL this year has also gone well and it is good for the sports profile. We hope that many players will come up from the state in the next two to three years,” Mithali stated.
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, lauded the event as a major initiative.
“I watched the match. I have said time and again that there is no dearth of talent (in the state). The Jammu and Kashmir Administration is making efforts to help girls progress in every field. I am sure that the next phase of development in Jammu and Kashmir will be led by women,” Sinha stated.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com