Shimla, Nov. 4 -- From playing with cloth balls to lifting the World Cup - Renuka Thakur, a small village girl from Rohru sub-division of district Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, lives her father's dream. As the Indian women's cricket team lifted the World Cup, celebrations hit the small village of Parsa in Bashar, district Shimla, hometown of Indian fast bowler Renuka. The family on Monday hosted a dham- community lunch- for the village. Recalling her struggle, Renuka's mother Sunita Thakur, said, "Renuka's father was an ardent cricket lover and she is living her father's dream. My husband wanted that one of the kids should take sports or kabaddi and even though he is not with us, my daughter has fulfilled his dreams." A medium-pacer, Renuka, 29, did not take any wicket in the final but bowled a crucial spell of four overs, leaking just 28 runs. The bowler who relies on swing more, also came into the World Cup after recovering from a back injury. Renuka's father Kehar Singh Thakur, who worked in the state's irrigation and public health department, died when she was just three. She has a tattoo of her father inscribed on her hand. "She was just four or five years old when she used to play in a small field near our home with her cousins and neighbourhood boys. They made balls out of cloth and used wooden sticks as bats and today she had lifted the World Cup.. hard work pays," her mother recalled. "One day, my brother-in-law (Tauji) Bhupender Thakur, a physical education teacher at the time, noticed her talent and he sent Renuka to Dharamshala cricket academy, from where her career began. Her brother Vinod Thakur, said, "We are so proud. She played brilliantly for the country." CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced Rs.1 crore prize money for Renuka. He also called Renuka and congratulated her....