India, Jan. 20 -- A maiden WPL fifty does two things: it changes a game, and it changes how quickly people learn your name. Gautami Naik did the first for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, then the WPL amplified the second with a neat, human follow-up - a surprise message from her idol, Hardik Pandya.

That's the real reason we're talking about her now. The video didn't create the headline; her innings did. The clip simply arrived at the moment fans were already asking, who is this batter, and where does that calm come from?

In the segment, Gautami Naik explains it: "Mera cricketing idol Hardik Pandya sir hain," she says, and then she gets specific about what she admires - not the highlights, but the hardest bit of the job. She talks about pr...