New Delhi, March 5 -- All-rounders are a rarity in Indian cricket. If one were to put it in former cricketer turned commentator Ravi Shastri's way of speaking: "They are as valuable as gold dust."

Pooja Vastrakar, a fast bowler who can contribute fast runs down the middle-order, is one of those rare examples. She played for India in the recently concluded ICC Women's T20 World Cup. In fact, in the inaugural auction of the Women's Premier League (WPL), which happened in February, she was picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs.1.9 crore.

Vastrakar's father Bandhan Ram told The Indian Express: "Mai chahta hun ki ye saare paise ka FD [fixed deposit] kar le (I want her to open an FD with all the money)."

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