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Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Raina bat for gender equality on National Girl Child Day

Updated on: 25 January,2018 11:35 AM IST  | 
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Members of the Indian cricket brigade celebrated National Girl Child Day yesterday with some very touching and thoughtful messages via Twitter

Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Raina bat for gender equality on National Girl Child Day

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Sara Tendulkar
Sara Tendulkar

Members of the Indian cricket brigade celebrated National Girl Child Day yesterday with some very touching and thoughtful messages via Twitter. Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar led the way in this noble initiative. "Daughters are special! Appreciate them, admire them and respect them. Let them chase their dreams," wrote Tendulkar whose daughter, Sara is 20.


Gracia Raina
Gracia Raina



Suresh Raina posted a cute video of himself playing with his one-year-old daughter, Gracia, and wrote: "She is the exclamation mark in the happiest sentence that I could ever write. Daughters are angels" Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh posted a picture of his wife, Geeta Basra and daughter, Hinaya, with the message: "Don't cut their wings, let them fly. They're more than capable of achieving everything."

Hinaya Singh
Hinaya Singh

Left-hander Yuvraj Singh highlighted the issue of gender equality: "Gender equality requires engagement and involvement from all."

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