To ensure Women’s World Cup winner Amanjot Kaur didn’t lose focus, her family didn’t tell her about grandmother’s heart attack

Bhupinder Singh has been taking his 75-year-old mother Bhagwanti to hospital this week after she suffered a heart attack. However, Bhupinder, a carpenter and contractor, kept the news of his mother’s ill-health from his daughter and allrounder Amanjot Singh. He didn’t want her to lose focus while playing in the ICC Women’s World Cup at home.

When Amanjot started playing cricket with neighbourhood boys, her grandmother would sit on a chair in the park to cheer for her. She would also ensure that nobody troubled her granddaughter. As the Harmanpreet Kaur led Indian team won the World Cup in Mumbai , Singh ensured his mother got match updates regularly.

“My mother Bhagwanti has been Amanjot’s pillar of strength since the day she started playing cricket outside on the street and the park a