Niki Prasad with the ICC Women's U-19 T20 World Cup Trophy (ICC/ Getty Images) It’s amazing what a single innings can do for the confidence of a player. How it can flick a switch and open their eyes to what is possible. For Niki Prasad, that came at the start of the year when she helped Delhi Capitals nearly pull off a heist against Gujarat Giants . Across the 8 years I’ve watched Niki play, I don’t think there has ever been any doubt around her potential. Even in her early teens she showed the ability to clear the field and score quickly. For someone so tiny, she was surprisingly powerful and made batting look easy - her movements flowed, unhindered by thought. The high back lift, the fast hands, the wrist snap on contact, and the flowing follow through were all trademarks. With the ball, once she found a groove, she was a machine - accurate to a fault. And in the field, she was dynamite. She moved quickly, with power and assurance; her reflexes sharper than most. She stood out f...