Minnu Mani, Labourer's Daughter, Becomes First From Kerala to Make It To Indian Women's Cricket Team
As a snip, she had to play the game without her parents knowing. Now, the ethnical player is the toast of Kerala's Wayanad and beyond
For Kerala cricketer Minnu Mani, life has come full circle. Within the span of a many months, the 24- time-old each- rounder has endured multiple feelings. Hailing from the Kurichiya lineage in Wayanad, Mani not only came the only player from the state to be part of the initial Women’s Premier League( WPL) after Delhi Capitals bought her for ₹ 30 lakh, but also made her successful India T20 debut against Bangladesh last month.
Minnu Mani( second from left) with her family outside her house in Wayanad, Kerala. What makes Mani emotional is the love she has been entering from the people of Wayanad since she seized the spotlight as an India cricketer and how parents are now herding on their daughters to take up justice and follow in the steps of Mani. “ I had to face counterreaction from society as well as my parents when I showed interest in justice. Until eighth standard, my parents did n’t indeed know I was intimately playing original matches. I was anticipated to study and work in the paddy fields and help my parents in husbandry.
" Locals are so agitated that someone from Wayanad is now playing for India and now they want their daughters to learn the sport like me. I've asked the original administration to grant me a small piece of land where I with the help of my sisters can make a justice nursery so that the budding cricketers don't have to travel long hauls to train, ” said Mani, who bagged five lattices in the three- match T20 series against Bangladesh and was the most emotional amongst all Indian bowlers.
The Mananthavady Municipality of Wayanad quarter in north Kerala has fete the cricketer by renaming a road junction after her. The Mysuru road junction, which will now be known as ‘ Minnu Mani junction ’, is just 3 km from her house, however there's no connecting road from there to her house.
“ It feels special that they've shown this respect to me. I've seen flicks and political celebrities have roads named after them. The original administration will be erecting a connecting road soon, ” added Mani, who feels justice has changed her fortunes. The son of a labourer and part- time planter, she completed her house, bought cabinetwork and a Scooty to travel to the academe from the plutocrat she entered from Delhi centrals after playing WPL