Play the lofted shot in heaven

Ranjita Rane at Airoli in January. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The spirited Mumbai women’s cricketer Ranjita Rane passed away on Wednesday at a city hospital, battling cancer. This paper had carried a report about the former Mumbai all-rounder in January this year and her battle with cancer. Rane, had then spoken about the financial bind the treatment had put her through, post her diagnosis of cancer of the ovaries in 2015. Rane, who lived in Prabhadevi, had not given up on her dreams of working as cricket coach and scorer. The 44-year-old, whose favourite cricket stroke was the lofted shot, had said spunkily, “I want to find a job to start earning again,” when this diarist met her at the time. We hope Rane soars above like her favourite lofted shot, in the game she dearly loved.