Stunning Harman brought life into women's cricket

Harmanpreet Kaur of Moga played spectacular innings of 171 against Australia and propelled India into the finals of the women’s world cup by defeating six-times champion Australia. 

This inning reminded us off heroic knock by Kapildev in 1983 World Cup, when he played a magnificent 175 against Zimbabwe and revived Indian innings singlehandedly.

In the semi-finals of the World World Cup, Moga's Harmanpreet made a brilliant start by scoring 171 runs in 115 balls. 

Harman Kaur had a passion for playing cricket since her childhood. There were times when Harman did not get a chance to play with the girl’s team, she used to do batting practice the boy's team.

Harman's father Harmandar Singh says that she was the only girl playing cricket on the village field.

Harman's father works as a munshi in a lawyer's office, his mother is a house wife.

After the Moga, Harman came to Jalandhar’s HMV college, where his coach Kuldeep Singh Sodhi honed her batting skills.

Harman has been receiving praise for her batting prowess from the legends of the cricket.

batting legend @sachintendulkar said that her performance set a new benchmark in the Indian cricket. 

Batting superstar Virender Sehwag, who used adore Sachin Tendulkar, also wished the Indian team and the great batting of Harman for the spectacular performance. 

Virat Kohli also hailed the approach of the Indian women's team and wished them great luck.Harman Kaur is also known by the name of friend Harry.

In the run-up to the semifinal, Harmanpreet struggled to get time in the middle and had faced only 91 balls in five innings.

 "I didn't get a chance to bat in the whole tournament," she said after her scintillating knock.

 "when I got the chance I just wanted to utilise this opportunity, because today was the day where I wanted to prove myself and thanks to God, whatever I was thinking, (worked).

 "Mithali (Raj) and Deepti (Sharma) scored really well and Veda [Krishnamurthy] scored really well," she added complementing her batting companions.

 Such was Harmanpreet's brutal assault that she was at one stage batting on 41 off 60 balls before going berserk. In a state like Punjab, where the ratio of girls is very low compared to boys,  With Harman's  blazing batting performance people will surely get the message that girls are not less than boys.

Enough of Bihar Drama, let's move on please

Let’s move on, we have had enough of Bihar politics this week.

Before we switch to some other important topic, think about what could be the future of Laloo Yadav and UPA politics in Bihar.

There are two strong and clear signals emanating from Bihar.

First, Laloo and Nitish are not in talking terms as media report suggests. Presumably, all doors are closed for further negotiations.

Secondly, Nitish Kumar has pressed for the resignation of Bihar’s deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav.

Laloo Yadav has no choice but to bide his time and see to it that things get better for him.

Laloo Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal has made it abundantly clear that come what may, Tejashwi will not resign from his post.

Laloo would like to keep “Gathbandhan” afloat, for this Laloo would practice a lot of perseverance.

As things stand out today, the goal post has been set by both the parties and none of them is ready to blink first.

CBI and ED have registered cases of money laundering and scams against family members of Yadav family.

It’s important for Laloo that his son stays in government to avoid investigation agency as long as he can.

Nitish has made it point that Tejashwi must come out clean and leave the Dy CM’s chair.

Even if RJD walks out after Tejaswi’s imminent exit, UPA loses its sheen and united face before 2019 elections.

Laloo has been waging war against BJP for time immemorial, what will happen if Nitish walks out on the issue of corruption? The UPA will suffer immensely.

There had been ideological differences between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar before 2014 Lok Sabha polls as Kumar himself was a strong contender for the post of top job. Now the wedge has been bridged to a great extent.

Now Nitish and PM Modi enjoy each other’s company very well.

What stops them from coming together is their common hatred for corruption.  In this case read its Laloo Yadav.