Until a few years ago, Titas Sadhu dreamed of becoming a swimmer. She accompanied her father Ranadeep to attend her academy in Chinsurah her Rajendras smrithi sanga in a suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, but she was not interested in cricket.
However, things changed as time went on and Titus eventually fell in love with cricket. She started playing cricket at the age of 13 and she had to wait for the chance to join her Bengal team. She failed her exams on her first attempt, but her School Board exams (standard 10) forced her to miss her season 2018/19. Titus has finally joined the Bengal senior team for the 2020-21 season following the Covid-19 pandemic. Afterwards, 16-year-old Titas was also a late starter, but never thought she would have the opportunity to come out so early, but then-Bengali women’s coach Shiv her Shankar her pole was a good starter for the practice sessions. and singled her out for her three practices. game.
But it wasn’t a fairy tale debut. Titas put in a miserable performance against Uttarakhand. Titas threw his second wide while Rumeli Dhar started the Bengal procedure with a new ball. The first ball she rolled went to distance and limits. Seemingly colorless on her field, she failed to justify her own picks in her first two games and was eventually dropped.
However, she performed well in interdistrict matches and tournaments affiliated with the Bengal Cricket Association. And those performances were enough for her to regain her place in her senior team.
But her moment of glory came on Sunday, when she rocked England’s top her orders with a 4-0-6-2. India beat England 68 en route to their first ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup title in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Despite competing in the ICC Final for the first time, Titus took the pressure well and managed not to lose the sled.
“I was a little nervous because it was my first U-19 Women’s World Cup final and everyone knew we had to win this title. We did,” Titus told Sportster in Potchefstroom late Sunday, hours after the Indian team made history.
“We treated it as a normal match and didn’t want to put too much pressure on it. After the first few breakthroughs, we relaxed quite a bit and really enjoyed the rest of the game.
For Titas, the first idea was to bowl in the right area as the pitch was in favor of the hitters. He threw a few overs on a single wicket in an attempt to hit length. I wanted to perform for my team so that the intention was there, but apart from that, I was talking to coaches and watching videos to find out which deliveries could get wickets. I was making sure,” she said.
During Titas’ journey, Rumeli, a former Indian fast bowler, served as a mentor along with Jhulan Goswami.
Before her trip to South Africa, Titus had a lengthy conversation with Dahl about the situation in her rainbow country, while Goswami provided her with her information and text her messages throughout the tournament. . These things actually boosted Titus’ confidence. “Jhulan Di texted me after the first match and after the semi-finals, which was really big for me,” she said.
While she has played with Richa Ghosh for Bengal in the past, Titus will play for the first time with Indian team captain Shafari Verma. “Shafari was very humble and she integrated into us and the people. We were very happy with her,” Titus said.
She hopes to hone her bowling skills and increase her variations. “Her goal is to make these variations more consistent. Of course, the more you play, the more experience you gain. It gives you an idea of what works and what doesn’t in game situations. So those are the things I plan to work on,” she said.
On the eve of the final, the Indian team welcomed Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra as a surprise her guest. “It was surreal to talk to him because not everyone has the chance to meet someone who inspires him, especially someone who goes to the finals. It was amazing and we were all inspired and motivated after interacting with him,” said Titus. It was great that he came to meet us and help inspire us…”
Chopra’s words created magic when the girl in blue took his every advice to heart and made history, just as Chopra did for India in Tokyo.