Kho Kho World Cup: Learned in India, played in Melbourne, Chandigarh's Sonam is promoting Kho Kho by becoming Australian captain.

Till now it has been seen only in cricket that many players of Indian origin are seen playing in the teams of other countries. Now this is happening in other sports as well, in which the Kho-Kho World Cup being played in India is currently in the news. In the recently started first Kho-Kho World Cup, many countries of the world including India are showing their strength. Obviously, Indian fans are supporting only the players of Team India but there is an Indian among the foreign players too, who is captaining the Australian women's team. Her name is - Sonam Garg.

This World Cup started on 13 January at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi and will conclude on 19 January. This World Cup is special for every Kho-Kho player because their game is getting special recognition at the world level. But it is even more special for Sonam Garg because she is playing this World Cup in the country where she was born and got the initial understanding of Kho-Kho along with her studies. Australian team captain Sonam tried her hand at this game for the first time during her school days in Chandigarh and now after becoming a mother of a child, she is playing the World Cup as the captain of another country.

In an interview with news agency PTI, Sonam said that this World Cup is special for her for many reasons and one of them is participating in it after the birth of a child. Sonam said, "I grew up in Chandigarh and after marriage, I settled in Melbourne about ten years ago. I used to play a lot of Kho-Kho in my school days in India about 20-22 years ago. Then when I heard about the World Cup, I was very excited because my memories were refreshed. I talked to the officials and made a place in the Australian team, after which I was made the captain.

Like any married female athlete, it has not been easy for Sonam either. Her son is 9 years old and along with taking care of him, it has been challenging to take care of the family, work and also fulfill the passion of this sport. The Australian captain said, "I have a 9-year-old son and it was not easy to balance work, family and hobby. Still the family supported me a lot. I often used to take my son to the ground as there was no one to take care of him at home. He used to read books sitting on the ground and sometimes also ran with us.

Sonam, who works in the finance world, has taken a few days off to fulfill her passion for this game so that she can be a part of the World Cup. Although there is not much interest in Kho-Kho in Sonam's house, especially her son is a complete fan of the Indian cricket team, but seeing his mother, he has also started understanding and liking Kho-Kho. Even her son kept crying after Sonam's team lost the first match.