Diana Edulji reveals how Sachin Tendulkar helped Harmanpreet Kaur secure railways job

It took a personal intervention from Diana Edulji, a recommendation letter from Sachin Tendulkar and a stern conversation with the Railways Sports Promotion Board chairman before Harmanpreet Kaur, the India women’s cricket captain, secured a job with the Railways.Recounting the episode at the launch of Her Story, Her Glory — Aditya Bhushan’s book chronicling the evolution of Indian women’s cricket — the former India captain revealed how bureaucracy almost derailed Harmanpreet’s move from Punjab.“I was responsible for bringing her from Punjab because Northern Railway was not able to give her a good job there.

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