The Adani Foundation, the CSR arm of the Adani Group, invited 50 girls from the city slum communities to expertise and benefit from the vibrant atmosphere that the Women’s Premier League offers. These girls, visiting a cricket stadium for the primary time ever, had been visibly excited to be on the iconic Brabourne Stadium, on the Cricket Club of India. The girls got here to observe the Gujarat Giants, led by Sneh Rana and mentored by Mithali Raj, tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore.
While the event was large for these excellent girls, it additionally shone the highlight on the truth that girls’s sport is on the uptick and the significance of the massive stage was not misplaced on these particular invitees as they liked the sight of girls cricketers take centre stage in entrance of a packed home.
“There had been just a few additional voices we might hear from the dugout throughout the sport, and after I regarded round and noticed that we had some very proficient girls within the stands, it introduced a giant smile to my face, and everybody within the workforce was additionally completely happy to see this. The Adani Foundation’s initiative to ask a particular and excellent bunch of girls to the sport was a really touching gesture. This night is one thing that all of us will bear in mind with fond recollections, and kudos to those that put this collectively so properly,” stated Mithali Raj, Mentor and Advisor, Gujarat Giants.
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