Mother's Jewellery, Daughter's Dream: How Sacrifice Shaped Kranti Gaud

Young pace bowler Kranti Gaud is one of those players who is starting to establish herself in the international format. Gaud is part of the Indian cricket team that is playing the T20 World Cup in England. The 23-year-old has played two games in the tournament and has yet to pick up a wicket. 

Speaking to JioStar recently, Kranti got emotional recalling her formative years, which were filled with struggles. The cricketer recalled the massive role played by her mother, which enabled her cricketing ambitions. “Family support is very important; what others say doesn’t matter because they don’t help you in any way. Always grateful to my family for standing with me and supporting my dreams. There were plenty of problems, including a shortage of money.”

The Indian cricketer also said, “Mother had to sell her jewellery to buy me a cricket kit. That sacrifice was massive. Whatever my family did started to make me more responsible. Wanted to give something back to them and make every sacrifice feel counted.”

UP Warriorz star also said that the support from her near and dear ones helped her in realizing her cricketing dreams. “Many girls didn’t get a chance to step out, but my parents were different. I was never made to feel that I was doing something, and I got every support possible to make my dreams come true.”

Young Indian pacer looking forward to making a difference

Ever since India’s ODI World Cup win in 2025, the next generation of women cricketers is starting to step up. Harmanpreet Kaur and her side have acted as an inspiration to many girls who want to take up the sport, and now even the parents are open to helping them. 

Gaud, in her chat with JioStar, said, “My performances for India in the 2025 ODI World Cup saw an academy being opened in my village. There are plenty of young girls who are taking up the sport, which makes me proud. Parents are also allowing their children to believe they can make it. That World Cup changed everything.”

The right-arm pacer has played a solitary Test for India, claiming two wickets. In the ODI format, she has played 17 matches and claimed 25 wickets and further eight wickets from 13 T20I games.