India, Oct. 1 -- She's funny, philosophical, and disarmingly confident. Amanjot Kaur has a way of dropping one-liners that linger long after she has left the room.

"Ghayal sher kuch kadam peeche leke lambi chhalaang maarta hai (the injured lion takes a few steps back before making a big leap)," she said when asked to talk about her comeback.

In front of a record crowd of over 22,000 in Guwahati on Tuesday night in the opening game of the Women's ODI World Cup, India found themselves in trouble at 124/6 after Sri Lanka's Inoka Ranaweera struck thrice in an over. The top order had crumbled and the crowd had gone quiet.

In walked Amanjot to partner Deepti Sharma and stitch together a 103-run stand off 99 balls - it was the turning point o...