After winning the ICC Women’s
World Cup Qualifiers 2017 last week, Indian women’s cricket is in the news yet again. India’s first ever Test captain of the women’s cricket team was
nominated by the BCCI on Monday to receive Col C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Award. It will be a special moment in women’s cricket not only because Rangaswamy
is the first lady to be bestowed with such a prestigious award but also the
very coincidence that, both Rangaswamy and Nayudu were the first Test captains
of India. Getting such a kind of recognition from cricket’s apex body in India
will certainly embolden girls to play cricket and pursue it as their career.
The former skipper has led India
in 12 out of the 16 Tests and 16 out of the 19 ODIs that she played, in her
career spanning 15 years. In those days when the monetary benefits for representing
Indian women’s team were as meagre as one can think of, it was her passion and
love for the sport that helped her to scale such great heights.
The other former players to receive this award were Rajinder
Goel (Haryana) and Padmakar Shivalkar (Mumbai) both, having lion’s share in their respective team's success in
the domestic circuit.
Source: The Hindu
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