New Delhi: When she was a child, Mithali Raj, the Indian women's cricket team captain, trained in the art of Bharatanatyam, a genteel pastime for a proper young Indian girl. She loved performing and considered a career in dance.
But it was her father, a huge cricket fan, who steered her away from a field dominated by women and into another, where she would end up being a pioneer for women.
A right-handed batswoman in a somewhat classical mold, Raj, 30, is now one of the most successful female players in contemporary women's cricket.
