One of the first lady taxi drivers of Mumbai, Sarika Randive, usually drives from Gateway of India to Nariman Point and Marine Drive and gets Rs 30 per passenger. On Wednesday, she enjoyed a once-in-a-life-time moment, when four passengers hopped in and asked her to take them to a city five-star hotel for lunch. Randive’s passengers were illustrious Indian women’s team and Mumbai Indians’ (MI) skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, head coach Charlotte Edwards, mentor and bowling coach Jhulan Goswami and young batter Sajana Sajeevan. 

Randive revealed that she was not aware of the stature of these international players. “Someone called me to pick them up at a hotel and then told me to drop them at the same hotel after a round at Marine Drive. I think they were some players, but I didn’t recognise them. When one of them told me that she is India and Mumbai Indians’ captain Harmanpreet Kaur and said: ‘Madam, please come inside the hotel to have lunch with us,’ it was a pleasant surprise for me,” Randive told mid-day on Wednesday.