The philosophy that motivated Amanjot’s successful comeback

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.

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“Ghayal sher kuch kadam peeche leke lambi chhalaang ‘maarta hai (an 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 here, 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 of the match. Thanks to her 57 runs and 1/37 with the ball, India had turned a crisis into a morale-boosting 59-run win.

In the post-match press conference, she delivered another mic-drop line: “You can’t say that India was in trouble, I was yet to bat.”

She may have laughed after saying it but in that one sentence lay a glimpse of something India has long craved— a self-assured genuine seam-bowling all-rounder.