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Feb 13 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
"No one supported her. So she went all alone for it. Even my neighbours told me not to send her outside, that it was not good.

#WPL #WPLAuction #ChaseYourDream #WomenInSports #Inspiration
But I was very confident that my daughter would handle everything," says #JasiaAkhtar's father.

Gul Mohammed Wani, works as a daily labourer in #Kashmir's Shopian and earns just enough to support his four-member family.
Playing for the #Rajasthan team for the past two years, Jasia is among the top players in ODI rankings for women's domestic cricket in India with 500 plus runs as well as in T20 rankings with 590 runs.
"Cricket is my world, and I believe that working hard is the only way to make it big in any profession," says the 34-year-old who hopes to get a berth in the #WomensIPL.

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