Sports commentary, no pun intended, is a male-dominated field. When the average millennial thinks of the voices that gave us the play-by-play in our growing years, it is often men that come to mind like Harsha Bhogle, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar. It was a space inundated by men, both on the pitch and off it; a daunting idea for any woman that might consider stepping up to bat. It was, indubitably, just as daunting for Sanjana Ganesan. But not enough to stop her. Ganesan started modelling, well, because she could. A combination of her mother's encouragement and some early dabbling in the field, led to The Big One; the Miss India 2014 pageant. The pageant was Ganesan's first brush with notoriety, over a decade ago. "I was actually studying to be an engineer when my mom encouraged me to try out [for Miss India]," she recalls. "I was chosen, made it to the top 20 nationally, went through the training, and participated in the finale. After that experience, engineering seemed dull in comparison," she laughs. "I knew I didn't want a desk job anymore."
