Women cricketers hope sponsorship follows rewards

NEWDELHI: Indian women cricketers have attained overnight stardom and are now hoping the handsome financial rewards for their stellar World Cup show will be followed by lucrative sponsorship deals. Captain Mithali Raj is among the few who have tied up with a sports management company to take care of her interests.

India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma is happy that she has got a kit sponsor for now. “Vampire has been sponsoring my equipment for a while now. That’s about it,” Deepti.

The 21-year-old opener Smriti Mandhana says she has been approached by companies. “I have been talking to a few companies about sponsorship. Hopefully things will work out.”

However, leg-spinner Poonam Yadav and left-arm spinners Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Ekta Bisht, have not heard from any sponsor yet.