Indian cricketer
Sneh Rana (born 18 February 1994) is an Indian cricketer , who currently plays for Railways and the India women's national team as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter .[1] [2]
Early life and background
Rana hails from Sinaula, on the outskirts of Dehradun .[3] Her father was a farmer.[4]
International career
She made her Women's One Day International and Women's Twenty20 International debuts against Sri Lanka in 2014.[5]
After a knee injury in 2016, she was side-lined from the national team, and would not play international cricket for another five years.[6] During this period, she played domestic cricket, and also played for India B.
In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team .[7] Rana made her Test debut against England on 16 June 2021.[8] [9]
In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[10] In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham , England.[11]
During India Women vs South Africa Women one-off Test, Sneh Rana became first women spinner to take 10-wicket haul in Test cricket.[12]
References
^ "Sneh Rana" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 April 2016 .
^ "Karuna Jain left out of India women's one-day squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 November 2014 .
^ Menon, Vishal (22 June 2021). "Sneh Rana overcomes personal tragedy, injury to script India's Bristol rearguard" . The Indian Express . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ Banerjee, Kathakali; Anab, Mohammad (21 June 2021). "Farmer's daughter creates cricketing history in Bristol" . The Times of India . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ "India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014?" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 10 June 2021 .
^ Ghosh, Annesha (17 June 2021). "The love, loss and comeback of Sneh Rana" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ "India's Senior Women squad for the only Test match, ODI & T20I series against England announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
^ "Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ "Turning it in: Sneh Rana shines on Test debut" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 17 June 2021 .
^ "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 6 January 2022 .
^ "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 11 July 2022 .
^ "Sneh Rana first Indian female spinner to take a 10 -wicket" . SportsTiger . Retrieved 1 July 2024 .
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