It has been a bit greater than three weeks that India’s nationwide girls’s cricket staff lifted the World Cup. The sensible staff led by Harmanpreet Kaur notched its first ever world cup title after beating the mighty Australian staff within the semi finals and South Africa within the finals, as your entire nation roared in pleasure.
Two of the staff’s stellar gamers, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma just lately appeared in ‘Two A lot’, a chat present hosted by Bollywood actors Kajol and Twinkle Khanna.
Hailing from Mumbai, Jemimah performed each, cricket and hockey, when she was a child. Within the episode, she recalled jam-packing the 2 sports activities into her schedule together with college, till she was compelled to decide on one. The state stage hockey participant selected cricket.
Shafali was born in Haryana’s Rohtak. She shared tales of how she disguised herself as a boy, solely to make her approach to the cricket academy, which refused to coach ladies.
Speaking extra in regards to the staff’s journey in direction of the victory night time, Jemimah and Shafali had been put in entrance of 1 query, which was adopted by a fast and witty reply.
‘Darr nahi lagta aapko?’
Amongst a number of questions, there was one the place Kajol requested the cricketer duo in the event that they had been scared to face the mighty Australian staff within the semi-finals.
The Australian girls’s staff is a seven time winner of the world cup, making it essentially the most profitable girls’s cricket staff.
“You’re going up there, standing along with your bat and you’re dealing with these folks, who’re seven time world champions, toh darr nahi laga aapko? (Weren’t you scared?),” Kajol requested the duo.
“Ek chauka chakka…shoulders apne aap gir jaate hai”
Speaking in regards to the peak of Australian gamers, Kajol added, “Aur itni badi bhi hai na, thodi si badi hai,” which interprets to “they’re tall additionally, they’re a bit tall.”
As the remaining broke out in a gentle laughter, Shafali nodded.
“I believe unko, as a batsman ek chauka chakka maar dete, unke shoulder apne aap gir jaate hai. Phir toh…I believe yeh approach finest rehti hai(I believe as a batsman once we hit a 4 or a six, their shoulders droop down routinely, I believe that is one of the best approach),” Shafali replied with a smile.
Precisely like a fellow teammate, Jemimah backed Shafali on this too.
“Aur woh bolte hai na, dimension pe mat jao, jigar pe jao (There’s this saying that goes, don’t choose by dimension, choose by braveness),” Jemimah stated.
The statements seemingly gained hearts because it was rapidly adopted by claps from the hosts and the crew.
Speaking in regards to the earlier world cups, the duo recalled how India misplaced to Australia by an in depth margin, each time.
“Australia by no means allow us to cross the road. However on that day, we pushed them out of the road. That day, we had been very glad about it,” Shafali stated.