In the small rural town of Ghuwara in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, a 12-year-old would sit near a ground in front of her house and watch boys play cricket for hours. Now ten years later, the 22-year-old right-arm medium pacer lifted the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup trophy in Navi Mumbai as India beat South Africa to win the title for the first time.

Like many of her peers in India’s World Cup winning team, Kranti’s story too began in a small town as she navigated through resistance, challenges, lack of resources and financial hardships to the historic moment at the DY Patil Stadium on the night of November 2. In India’s second match in the World Cup against Pakistan, Kranti got three crucial wickets, conceding just 20 runs in 10 overs, to help opposition bundle out for 159 and won p

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