Days after making history as the first Pakistani woman to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame, former national captain Sana Mir has opened up about what the moment means to her. Taking to X, Mir shared a heartfelt note reflecting on her journey from a young girl who once dreamt of merely having a women’s cricket team in Pakistan, to now being counted among the greatest legends in the game. “My first reaction when I got to know about this honour: Alhamdulillah,” she wrote. Mir thanked the ICC jury for deeming her worthy of the honour and vowed to carry the responsibility “with the same grit that brought me here.”

Her note quickly shifted from the personal to the collective. “Tonight is not just mine. This is for every girl who picks up a bat or a ball in a street where they’re told cricket isn’t ‘for them’.” Mir also paid tribute to her teammates, coaches and family “for turning my dream into a fight worth fighting” and closed with a powerful nod to the nation she represented with distinction: “And to Pakistan, thank you for letting me wear your colours. The best is yet to come, InshaAllah.”