India, May 24 -- When Harmanpreet Kaur lifted India's first ever ICC Women's World Cup last year, the first call she made was a video call to her younger brother Gurjinder Singh Bhullar. Her best friend, her confidante, her Garry. "She called me and said Garry, hum jeet gaye World Cup, with tears of joy running down both our cheeks," recalls Gurjinder, who now lives in Australia.

Long before the World Cups, the captaincy and the stardom, there was Moga, Punjab. Harmanpreet recalls, "My brother is my first friend and my cheerleader. We grew up sharing one bat and he always let me go bat first." Today, even with the world's best coaches in her corner, Harmanpreet still picks up the phone for Gurjinder. "I call him to this day and ask - Gar...