India, May 11 -- Kalpana Venkatachar, Managing Committee Member of KSCA, bats for stronger grassroots cricket

At a time when cricket was neither a popular sport among women nor easily accessible to them, Kalpana Venkatachar, along with several senior women cricketers in the State, padded up to popularise the game among young girls.

It is because of the efforts of cricketers like her that women's cricket has grown in popularity not only in the country but across the world.

A former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer, Kalpana Venkatachar jointly holds the record with Sarah Illingworth of New Zealand for the most dismissals effected by a wicketkeeper in an innings in a Women's Cricket World Cup match.

Currently, Kalpana Venka...