The Monank Patel-led USA team is in the city, all set to experience the T20 World Cup, starting in India and Sri Lanka on February 7. But Houston-based 15-year-old fast bowler Rhea Nadkarni, is already experiencing her best cricketing memories in the City of Dreams.

Rhea, a Std IX student and 5’9’’ tall cricketer, who started playing the game seriously at the age of eight, taking inspiration from father Sushil, a former Maharashtra Ranji Trophy opener, who led the USA national team later and elder brother Aarin, 19, clocked an impressive 65 mph (100 kmph) and emerged fastest in the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) Speed Queen contest selection trials held at the Air India ground in Kalina on January 26.