Kousalya Murugesan (Aishwarya Rajesh), the daughter of Murugesan (Sathyaraj), a farmer, aspires to become an international cricketer so that she can put a smile on her cricket-loving father's face by helping the country win. The reason for this being portrayed in the initial scenes where Murugesan is very eager to see India's matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. However, he gets heartbroken on seeing India's crashing defeat to Sri Lanka in the group stages, which sees India getting subsequently knocked out. Murugesan controls his feelings before his daughter, but she witnesses him crying and being heartbroken throughout the whole night. Hence, This aspires a young Kousalya, who was aged 11 then, to take up cricket seriously, represent her country, and win the world cup one day just for her father's sake. The hurdles she faces in the journey to become a cricketer and whether was she able to fulfill her father's dreams forms the crux of the story.