INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shweta Sehrawat assisted her school win inter-zonal beach ball championshipsNEW DELHI: Sanjay and Seema Sehrawat from South Delhi have two
The daughters took up sports early but the son was not interested
Years after senior daughter Swati stopped cricket to concentrate on academics, Shweta is now simply an action away from becoming an U-19
She is the star batter of the group which will clash with England in the last on Sunday.For years, Sanjay tried informing his peers that his
child was good at cricket however nobody bothered
The couple went to every game the daughter played
As Shweta tackled powering India to the inaugural U-19 World Cup last over last fortnight, Sanjay started getting calls from the same peers
Arey yaar teri beti toh bahut achcha khelti hai
(Mate, your child is an excellent player), they tell Sanjay
These people have realized now that Shweta in fact plays cricket, Sanjay laughed.Shweta is firm on keeping away from this new-found
attention till she finishes the job for her group versus England
Almost all the women in her team have actually offered interviews on some platform
She informed me that she will only do interviews after the World Cup is over
We have actually simply spoken to her over text messages in the last couple of days, Sanjay informed TOI on Saturday.These are interesting
times in femaless cricket
It is progressively ending up being a feasible career alternative
Shweta has been into sports from her pre-teens
Her daddy took her to the academy where his elder daughter trained as a bowler
Shweta showed glances of her talent when she had fun with the tennis ball versus young boys when she was just 8 years old
The coach at the academy was so amazed that he insisted she ought to train with the leather ball, Sanjay said
She was excellent in lots of sports
She solitarily assisted her school win inter-zonal volleyball championships
She was proficient at badminton and likewise did a bit of skating, the proud dad added.Shwetas interest in cricket peaked when she enjoyed
a womens T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan at the Ferozeshah Kotla in 2016
She insisted she wanted to view that match
She got interested in the video game from there
A year late r, she enjoyed Harmanpreet Kaur score that 171 not out versus Australia in a World Cup semifinal
She was hooked to cricket already and saw all matches on television
She started following Harmanpreet, Smriti Mandhana and Virat Kohli, Sanjay said
Shwetas journey deviated when she handled present India U-19 captain and established international star Shafali Vermas Haryana group in U-16
Shweta was a bowling all rounder
She scored a half-century batting at No
7 and won the match for Delhi
She was promoted up the order after that, Sanjay recalled.Shwetas elder sister quit cricket since she chose to study science after passing
But Sanjay and Seema left it to Shweta, who studied at Modern School, to choose what she wished to do
Our only condition was that she needed to finish greater secondary education
She took up liberal arts after class X
We were convinced she would end up being a cricketer
I had actually seen the woman break her bat in a few days since she would strike the ball so hard in he r teenagers, Sanjay stated
The daddy was not pull down by his child
Shweta picked arts to focus on cricket but she informed us she wanted to complete her graduation
Thats why she composed to NCA that she would not be able to attend the U-19 camp in May-June as she had her board tests
NCA head VVS Laxman made an exception for her and a sked her to sign up with later
She was one of the only two centurions in that competition in Anantapur, he said.Sanjay says he does not provide Shweta any guidance
She has actually done it all by herself
I am simply a happy father, he said.Irrespective of what takes place on Sunday, Shweta has actually already made her moms and dads proud
and lived her siss dream.
