Asha Sobhana

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Asha Sobhana
Personal information
Full name
Asha Sobhana Joy
Born (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33)
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  143)16 June 2024 v  South Africa
Last ODI19 June 2024 v  South Africa
T20I debut(cap  82)6 May 2024 v  Bangladesh
Last T20I9 May 2024 v  Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's Cricket
Women's Asia Cup
Runner-up 2024 Sri Lanka

Asha Sobhana (born 16 March 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Pondicherry women's cricket team in domestic cricket and for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League. She is an all-rounder, who is a right-handed batter and a leg break bowler. [1]

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Early years

Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she found interest in cricket while studying at Cotton Hill Girls Higher Secondary School. [2] Sobhana's cricket journey started when she went for her first district cricket trials and got selected for the district cricket team at the age of 12. [3] She was mentored by former Kerala captain Shabina Jacob in her early career. [4] Although initially she was a pace bowler, once she was bowling leg spin and was then advised by her coach to become a leg spinner. [5] When she was 15 years old, Kerala Cricket Association sent her to train at the MAC Spin Foundation. [6]

Domestic career

Sobhana made her List A debut for Kerala on 28 November 2006, against Karnataka in the 2006–07 Senior Women's One Day League. [7] She made her first-class debut for Kerala on 10 September 2007, against Hyderabad in the 2007–08 Inter State Women's Competition. [8] She made her Twenty20 debut for Kerala on 3 December 2009, against Tamil Nadu in the 2008–09 Women's Senior T20 Trophy. [9] She joined the Railways cricket team in 2011 and represented the team for ten years. [10]

In 2022, she left the Railways team and moved to Puducherry to do commentary for a men’s T20 tournament. [11] Eventually, she was named as the captain of the Puducherry team for the 2021–22 Women's Senior T20 Trophy. [11] In February 2023, she was signed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore at a price of ₹10 lakh to play for them in the 2023 Women's Premier League. [12]

She was the leading wicket-taker for Puducherry in the 2023–24 Women's Senior One Day Trophy, picking up 16 wickets in seven matches. [13] She was also the only player to score more than 200 runs and take more than 10 wickets in that tournament. [14] On 24 February 2024, she took five wickets for 26 runs, helping RCB to beat UP Warriorz by 2 runs, during the 2024 Women's Premier League. [15] With this, she became the first Indian player to take a five-wicket haul in the Women's Premier League. [16] She remained as the second highest wicket-taker of the season, [17] claiming 12 wickets in ten matches. [18]

International career

In April 2024, Sobhana earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team for their tour to Bangladesh. [19] She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in the fourth match of same series on 6 May 2024. [20] In May 2024, she was named in India's One Day International squad for the series against South Africa. [21] She made her ODI debut on 16 June 2024, against South Africa. [22] She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [23]

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