haravi's Simran Shaikh wants to wear the India colours and represent her country someday. The 22-year-old shot to fame after Gujarat Giants, an Ahmedabad-based franchise in the Women's Premier League, bagged the Mumbai batter for a whopping Rs1.9 crore in an auction on Sunday. Dharavi has long been renowned, both in India and abroad, for various reasons. For the first time, now, Dharavi is making headlines as the home of a women's cricketing sensation who has put the region firmly on the country's cricketing map.
Hailing from a modest and humble family, Simran's journey has not been easy. Playing gully cricket and often being chased around for shattering windowpanes, Simran's has been a journey of a girl who challenged the stereotype and dared to break free.
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