Free Hit: The Story of Women’s Cricket in India
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The 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup saw the Indian team make it to the finals, and although it lost the game, the tournament marked an unprecedented high for viewership for women’s cricket in India. The ensuing euphoria that followed, including the announcement of two film-deals with the team’s leading stars, ensured that the only direction where Indian women’s cricket could go from there was up.
Free Hit is the untold story of how women’s cricket in India got here, and casts light on the gender-based pay gaps, sponsorship challenges, and the sheer indifference of cricketing officials it faced along the way. Focusing on Mithali Raj, the world’s greatest female batsman, and Jhulan Goswami, the leading wicket taker in women’s cricket, author Suprita Das takes us into the lives of the spirited bunch of women who, across the years, just like their male counterparts, also brought home laurels that are worth celebrating.
Pooja Varshney –
This book is for all Cricket Nerds as its filled not just with stats but also stories behind them. And if you are a genuine well wisher of Indian women’s cricket this will be your Bible.❤️
This book is a testament as to how many decades Women cricketers had to toil in shadows cause no was ready to acknowledge that Cricket was not just Gentlemen’s game.
They kept on going (with broken tooth, broken bats, male cricketer’s passed on cricket kits, t shirts with girls name patch stitched, with no jerseys in colder locations, with just Maggi to fuel themselves etc. etc.etc. all these stories make my blood boil and hope yours would too).
They just LOVED the game more than anything else and all they wanted was someone to notice and help them achieve greater heights they were capable of.