There are moments in cricket matches one remembers forever. For Eisha, there were two during the quarterfinal match between India and Pakistan during the Wills Cricket World Cup in 1996 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The first was an altercation between Pakistani batsman Aamir Sohail and Indian pace bowler, Venkatesh Prasad. The second was an over bowled by Pakistani pacer, Waqar Younis, off which Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja scored 22 runs. India went on to win the match. Eisha became a fan of the sport. She devoured the sports pages of newspapers and magazines. An article by Javed M Ansari headlined The Last Namaaz in Karachi in  India Today got her interested in journalism at the age of 13. Cricket fans will love this episode. 

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