Many girls now want to play cricket professionally. We have curated a list of India's top 10 female cricket academies in India that will help them nurture their talents and goals.

Jhulan Goswami was born in a struggling family in the small town of Chakdah, West Bengal. At that time, Bengal was extremely sports-enthusiastic, and equally interested in different types of sports. Goswami was interested in football from a very young age. 

Shabaash Mithu showcases the everyday struggles of women players even for the basics, from lack of opportunities or fancy paychecks to the inavailability of coaches or even the trademark jerseys.

While one can certainly argue that cricket is almost a religion in India, that is not sufficient reason to describe Dipika as a cricketer's wife, and certainly not in the headlines, which should celebrate her achievement, not his name.

That young black girls deserve to be seen, deserve to be heard, that there was nothing a strong woman couldn’t do, to stand tall and be proud of their identity, and where they came from.