A post slightly overdue! The 2013-14 cricket season has been a roller-coaster ride to say the least, and it hasn’t even ended yet. All the on/ off-field drama aside, for me it was one where I saw two teammates walk away from the game. Both girls had major impacts on my career and were very good friends—something that made their stepping aside even harder to deal with. The first was Sowjanya Nath, the leader of the Hyderabad pace attack. Sowji taught me so much about the art of fast bowling. I watched in awe as she ripped through top quality batting sides. We fed off each other, monitoring each other’s progress and willing the other to do well. Initially, my relationship with Sowji was purely professional. We spent years in the same camp and same dressing room, but things didn’t look like they would change. I looked up to her and respected her. I admired her too, but all from a distance. She was, after all, my senior; I couldn’t possibly expect her to treat me as an equal!