Combo of FREE HIT by Das Suprita and ACE AGAINST ODDS by Mirza Sania (Set of 2 Books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.--The 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup saw the Indian team make it to the finals and although it lost the game the tournament marked an unprecedented high for viewership for women's cricket in India. The ensuing euphoria that followed including the announcement of two film-deals with the team's leading stars ensured that the only direction where Indian women's cricket could go from there was up.Free Hit is the untold story of how women's cricket in India got here and casts light on the gender-based pay gaps sponsorship challenges and the sheer indifference of cricketing officials it faced along the way. Focusing on Mithali Raj the world's greatest female batsman and Jhulan Goswami the leading wicket taker in women's cricket author Suprita Das takes us into the lives of the spirited bunch of women who across the years just like their male counterparts also brought home laurels that are worth celebrating.Sania Mirza became an instant sensation when she won the Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles title at the age of sixteen. From 2003 until her retirement from the singles circuit in 2012 she was ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as India's top player both in singles and doubles. A six-time Grand Slam champion she notched up an incredible forty-one consecutive wins with her doubles partner Martina Hingis between August 2015 and February 2016. Ace against Odds is the story of this most iconic Indian player who beat incredible odds to get to the top of her sport. Sania writes with candour of the hardships along the way of the physical and emotional trauma caused by injuries and medical procedures of the friends and partners who became her mainstay along with her family of the pressures of constant public scrutiny and not least the politics and heartbreaks that inevitably accompany success.