Indian futsal star Mithila Ramani spoke about her career. (Instagram)
\n\nMithila Ramani took a long route to the national team. She grew up in Chennai, played football on her apartment's basketball court and studied chemical engineering because her family saw no future in sport. At 28, she made her India debut and scored the first goal of the inaugural SAFF Women's Futsal Championship, where India went on to win the silver medal.
\n\nSpeaking to Sports Now, she said, "At the time, there was no such thing as IWL, IWL 2 as it is right now."
\n\n"So they didn't see much of a career in sport, especially football."
\n\nHer formative years were spent playing football on hard courts, which proved to be useful. When she heard about the national team trials, she gave it a shot. She made the cut in every round and went straight into camp. Her goal came from a well-rehearsed counter-attack, with teammate Arya delivering the ball to the far post.
\n\n"Sticking to things that we did in training played a very big deal," she said.
\n\nBack home, the clips did rounds on the family's WhatsApp groups.
\n\nCurrently, India has a women's futsal team now, and they…
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