For long, Tarannum Pathan has convinced herself: "So what if I'm not playing for India, I'm still the best."

Call it naivety or the incentive for a domestic player waiting endlessly for the fulfilment of their grand dream, it is a thought that the 30-year-old offspinning all-rounder wants to hold on to.

Thus, while Radha Yadav may have been at the centre of the television screen flaunting the Purple Cap and bagging the Player of the Match award