Vishal Bhatnagar/Meerut: If we talk about sports city Meerut, now passion for cricket is also being seen among the daughters. In various academies you will see daughters learning the nuances of cricket. The special thing is that on one hand these daughters are continuing their educational process. At the same time, she is seen working hard in the field to learn cricket. The Local 18 team had a special conversation with some such daughters.
While talking exclusively to Local-18, Shruti Singh, who is learning cricket, said that she wants to make India proud at the international level in the field of cricket. That is why she has been practicing here continuously for the last 11 months. She says that the way Smriti Mandhana and other women players are now making their name famous by performing better. She also wants to do it in the same way. Player Prasidhi Malhotra also said that while watching cricket on TV, she too developed a passion for learning cricket. In such a situation, he also expressed his desire to learn cricket from his parents.
Wants to make career in cricket
After this, his father got him admitted in the cricket academy run at Saket ITI. Now she continuously practices batting under the guidance of cricket coach Athar Ali. So that he can fulfill his dream of cricket. Esha Gupta says that she does not follow anyone. Rather she wants to create her own identity. He told that no one in his family has played cricket till date, but he has a passion for cricket. Now she wants to convert this passion into better performance.
Women’s IPL is increasing curiosity among daughters
Cricket coach Athar Ali says that earlier in the field of cricket, you used to see sons in the cricket ground. But since then, daughters are performing better in the field of Women IPL and cricket. Since then, curiosity towards learning cricket is increasing among daughters also. Earlier only one or two daughters used to come to the ground to learn cricket. Now their number has increased by 50%. Not only this, he also says that the daughters of Meerut have so much talent that in the coming times, you will see many daughters from here performing better in national and international level cricket.
There is huge demand in Sports City also
You can gauge the passion for cricket towards daughters from the fact that in the Sports City i.e. Sports Market of Meerut, a large number of parents are now seen buying cricket balls, bats and other types of sports equipment for their daughters. Sports businessman Omkar Tyagi says that since the Women’s IPL, the passion for cricket has increased among the daughters. Due to this, there is a lot of increase in business also. There is an increase of up to 40% in the number of bats prepared for daughters as compared to earlier.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 18, 2024, 15:34 IST