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Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/royalchallengers/5682637991/">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/32c3fb">VisualHunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/"> CC BY-NC-SA</a> So  #AshishNehra  has called it quits, on an 18+ year career, which saw him doling out some very memorable performances, battling constant ankle and knee injuries, almost giving up mid way through his career, and finally reinventing himself as a T20 specialist bowler in cricket. What one typically liked about Nehraji; as he was/is lovingly called, was his never-say-die spirit and his tenacity to egg on, in spite of not being blessed with the best of physiques.  He burst into the scenes, just before the turn of the century, as a tall, lanky fast bowler from Delhi circuit, who ran in gingerly, with a hustling bustling action and gave the ball a good rip...

                                            Photo via VisualHunt Dedicated to the  #WWC17Final  and  @BCCIWomen  The finale was a chance to make amends. Offered in a plate, to redefine boundaries. To bring a change in the psyche of people and within the cultural fabric of the nation. An opportunity to get girls to grip a bat and tap it gleefully on the crease.   To steal singles and power shots, beyond the boundary. Make the men go awe and stop the menace of " tum ladkiyan ghar par hi theek hai ."  If only the  #WomenInBlue  managed the tense moments gracefully, if only  #harakiri wasn't performed, if only they'd kept faith in their belief as a team... If only... We would've seen a  revolution in cricket , better respect for Indian #womeninsport, an opportunity to rub shoulders with the big boys and stand as equa...