Pooja Vastrakar

Last updated

Pooja Vastrakar
Pooja Vastrakar.jpg
Vastrakar in August 2022
Personal information
Full name
Pooja Vastrakar
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 24)
Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname [1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  88)16 June 2021 v  England
Last Test30 September 2021 v  Australia
ODI debut(cap  122)10 February 2018 v  South Africa
Last ODI24 September 2022 v  England
ODI shirt no.34
T20I debut(cap  57)13 February 2018 v  South Africa
Last T20I20 February 2023 v  Ireland
T20I shirt no.34
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Women's Asia Cup
Winner 2022 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2024 Sri Lanka

Pooja Vastrakar (born 25 September 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh and India as an all-rounder. [2] [3] She is a right-arm medium-fast bowler [4] and right-handed batter. She made her international debut for India in 2018, against South Africa. [5]

Contents

Early life

Vastrakar initially started playing cricket with the boys near her neighborhood in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. [6] [7] She later started going to the stadium and practiced net batting where the coach Ashutosh Shrivastava realized her talent and started her formal training. [7] She started off as a batter and later on when she joined the Madhya Pradesh team, she started fast bowling alongside her batting. At the age of 15, she was a part of India Green Women Squad. [8] In 2016, while Vastrakar was fielding during a senior women's domestic match, she twisted her knee. [7] This led to her getting surgery done for her anterior cruciate ligament tear which put her National call-up in jeopardy. [7] The Challenger Trophy in 2018 played a pivotal role in Vastrakar's selection for India's South Africa tour. [7]

Vastrakar's father is a retired employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Her mother died when she was ten years old. She has four sisters and two brothers and is the youngest of seven siblings. [1]

International career

She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 10 February 2018. [5] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018. [9]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [10] [11] However, she suffered an injury during a warm-up match, and was later ruled out of the tournament. [12] In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [13]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team. [14] Vastrakar made her Test debut on 16 June 2021, for India against England. [15] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [16] She scored 156 runs averaging 26.00, and took 10 wickets averaging 18.30 in the tournament. In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [17]

Related Research Articles

Jennifer Louise Gunn is an English former cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 144 One Day Internationals and 104 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2004 and her international retirement in October 2019. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire Diamonds, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Diamonds, Northern Superchargers, South Australia and Western Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Devine</span> New Zealand cricketer

Sophie Frances Monique Devine is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team, and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team. She has since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21st century cricket. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harmanpreet Kaur</span> Indian cricketer

Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national cricket team in all formats. She plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team; and was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shabnim Ismail</span> South African cricketer

Shabnim Ismail is a South African cricketer who made her debut for the national women's team in January 2007. A right-arm fast bowler, Ismail is South Africa's all-time leading wicket-taker in both the One Day International and Twenty20 International formats. She has earned a reputation as one of the fastest female bowlers in the world having recorded the fastest ball bowled by a female of 132.1 kilometres per hour (82.1 mph) during the WPL in 2024.She has played in every editions of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament since its inception in 2009. She has featured in ICC World Twenty20 on eight occasions in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marizanne Kapp</span> South African cricketer

Marizanne Kapp is a South African international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team. She was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia Elwiss</span> England cricketer

Georgia Amanda Elwiss is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Welsh Fire and England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poonam Yadav</span> Indian cricketer

Poonam Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team as a leg-spin bowler. She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's Test debut, on 16 November 2014, was against South Africa and her ODI debut, on 12 April 2013, was against Bangladesh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deepti Sharma</span> Indian cricketer

Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal, Birmingham Phoenix and India. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break. As of 2018, she was ranked 3rd in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings and had the third highest individual score by a female cricketer in ODIs.

Gaby Hollis Lewis is an Irish international cricketer who made her senior debut for the Irish national team in July 2014, aged only 13. She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut later in the year, becoming the youngest to play at that level. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Lewis as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018. She currently captains the Women's Super Series team Scorchers. In June 2022, at the age of 21, Lewis became the youngest player to captain the Ireland Women's team in international cricket.

Muneeba Ali Siddiqui is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She currently plays for Pakistan, and has played domestic cricket for Balochistan, Omar Associates, Karachi, State Bank of Pakistan, and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.

Alexandra Hartley is an English former cricketer who played as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Between 2016 and 2019, she appeared in 28 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for England, and was part of the side that won the 2017 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Lancashire, Middlesex, Surrey Stars, Lancashire Thunder, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire in England, as well as Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes in Australia.

Nuzhat Masih Parween is an Indian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper. Domestically, she plays for Railways in the Women's Senior One Day Trophy and Women's Senior T20 Trophy. A multi-talented athlete, she is a former football captain of the Madhya Pradesh under-16 football team, she joined Singrauli's district cricket team in 2011. She made her debut for the Indian national team in November 2016, in a Twenty20 International series against the West Indies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radha Yadav</span> Indian cricketer

Radha Prakash Yadav is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Mumbai, Baroda and West zone. She has played 4 First-class, 13 List A and 16 Women's Twenty20 matches. She made her debut in major domestic cricket on 10 January 2015 against Kerala.

Leah Paul is an Irish cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 7 May 2017. In November 2018, she was named the Female Youth International Player of the Year at the annual Cricket Ireland Awards. She plays in the Women's Super Series for Dragons.

Annah Raisibe Ntozakhe is a South African cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 9 May 2017. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for South Africa Women against India on 13 February 2018.

Nadine de Klerk is a South African cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 9 May 2017. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for South Africa against India on 13 February 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jemimah Rodrigues</span> Indian cricketer

Jemimah Jessica Rodrigues is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder who plays for the Indian national women's cricket team and Mumbai women's cricket team. She has also played for the Under-17 Maharashtra field hockey team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taniya Bhatia</span> Indian cricketer (born 1997)

Taniya Bhatia is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Punjab and India, primarily as a wicket-keeper. She is currently trained under coach RP Singh. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Bhatia as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophia Dunkley</span> England cricketer

Sophia Ivy Rose Dunkley is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, South East Stars, Welsh Fire, Melbourne Stars and England. A right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler, she made her county debut in 2012 for Middlesex and her England debut in 2018, against Bangladesh at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In 2020, she left Middlesex to join Surrey. In June 2021, Dunkley was awarded her first central contract with the England women's cricket team. In the same month, she made her Test debut, becoming the first black woman to play Test cricket for England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Glenn</span> English cricketer

Sarah Glenn is an English cricketer who plays for the England women's cricket team as a leg break bowler. She also plays for Derbyshire, The Blaze, London Spirit and Brisbane Heat. After making her England debut in 2019, she played in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and broke into the top 10 of the ICC T20I Bowling Rankings later that year. In September 2022, she rose to second in the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) bowling rankings.

References

  1. 1 2 Annesha Ghosh. "Vastrakar: India's bold and resilient teenager". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Pooja Vastrakar". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "Player's profile". CricketArchive.
  4. "India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014?". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Potchefstroom, Feb 10 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. "The Pooja Vastrakar story: From playing with boys and dealing with a tragedy that threatened to destroy her to helping India beat Pakistan in the Women's World Cup". Times of India. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 I was picked by my coach in a boys training camp - Vastrakar , retrieved 15 December 2018
  8. "India Green Women Squad | Women's Challenger Trophy, 2015 | Cricket Squads | ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  11. "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  12. "Devika Vaidya replaces injured Pooja Vastrakar". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  13. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  14. "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.
  15. "Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  17. "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 11 July 2022.