Prabhu announces out-of-turn promotion for women cricketers

New Delhi, July 23

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday announced out-of-turn promotion for the women cricketers of the Indian World Cup squad who are employed with the Railways.

There are 10 girls from Railways in the Indian team, including captain Mithali Raj and vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur, out of 15-member squad.

Besides out-of-turn promotions, there will be cash awards for the girls also.

“Railways Minister Prabhakar Prabhu has conveyed his best wishes to the Indian team. He has announced out-of-turn promotions to women cricketers of Railways currently in the Indian World Cup squad in England,” Rekha Yadav, ED/Sports & Secretary of the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), said.

“There will be cash award too as per our extant policy,” she added.

Apart from Mithali and Harmanpreet, others girls associated with the Railways are Ekta Bisht, Punam Raut, Veda Krishnamurthy, Poonam Yadav, Sushma Verma, Mona Mesharm, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Nuzhat Parween. PTI