Although she consciously tried not to have expectations, it was the end goal of her determined hard work over the past 14 months, except there was a silver lining. She was in the squad for the bilaterals against hosts South Africa and was named as a standby for the World Cup.
Cut to January 29 at Potchefstroom; Yashasri was among the names the presenter called out as the Indian team collected their World Cup medallions. How? As luck would have it, an unfortunate injury to the Mumbai all-rounder Hurley Gala meant Yashasri was drafted into the squad and has become a world champion.
"She was down (when she was not selected), but at least she was going to South Africa, so was consoled. Then poor Hurley got injured. Yashasri got lucky, and they have made history by winning the World Cup," said S Venugopal, who is an ex-serviceman now working as a clerk in Canara Bank.
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