Personal information | |
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Full name | Indrani Roy |
Born | 5 September 1997 |
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium |
Role | Wicket-keeper |
International information | |
National side | |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
2018–present | Jharkhand |
2023–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Source:ESPNcricinfo,14 May 2021 |
Indrani Roy (born 5 September 1997) is an Indian cricketer. [1] [2] She plays for the Jharkhand women's cricket team in domestic tournaments in India. [3]
Roy started playing cricket at the age of 15, [4] and cites MS Dhoni as her idol. [5] She played for the Bengal under-19 team for four years,before signing with Jharkhand in 2014. [6] In 2018,Roy played for the India Blue cricket team,and a year later,also for India C. [4] In the 2019–20 Women's Senior One Day Trophy,Roy scored her first century,an unbeaten 132 runs, [7] in a one-day match. [8] Her match-winning century helped Jharkhand to reach the knock-out phase of the tournament,before the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] In the 2020–21 season,Roy scored two unbeaten centuries in the Senior Women's One Day League. [4] Roy finished the season as the leading run-scorer in the tournament, [9] with 456 runs in eight matches. [8]
In May 2021,Roy earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, [10] for their tour of England. [11] She was named in India's squad for the one-off Test match, [12] and the squads for the Women's One Day International (WODI) and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. [13] [14] However,Roy did not play during the series, [15] and expressed her disappointment on not being selected for India's tour of Australia in September and October 2021. [16]