Pratika Rawal

Pratika Rawal

Personal information
Born	(2000-09-01) 1 September 2000 (age 25) Delhi, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batter
International information
National side	India (2024–present)
ODI debut(cap  150)	22 December 2024 v  West Indies
Last ODI	26 October 2025 v  Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	64
Domestic team information
Years	Team

Women's cricket
Representing   India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner	2025 India

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 November 2025

Pratika Rawal (born 1 September 2000) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team. ^[1] She represents Railways in domestic cricket. ^[2] Rawal was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Early life

Rawal was born in Delhi on 1 September 2000. She completed her schooling from Modern School at Barakhamba Road and acquired 92.5 per cent in the CBSE grade 12 board exams, before finishing her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi. She also played basketball for Bal Bharati School in Rajender Nagar and won gold medal at the 64th School National Games in Delhi in January 2019. ^[3] Her father, Pradeep Rawal is a BCCI-certified Level-II umpire of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). At the age of 10 when she was in fourth standard she started her career in cricket. ^[4] She trained under coach, Sharvan Kumar in Rohtak Road Gymkhana Cricket Academy. ^[5] The she started training under former cricketer Dipti Dhyani, and Delhi women's team coach Dishant Yagnik. ^[3]

Domestic career

She played for Delhi from 2021 to early 2024. Then she plays for Railways in 2024 in the Senior Women's One Day Trophy and Senior Women's T20 Trophy. She made her List A debut for Delhi against Jharkhand on 31 October 2021 in the 2021–22 Senior Women's One Day Trophy. ^[6] She scored unbeaten 161 off 155 against Assam and she scored 247 from seven matches with average of 49.40 a strike-rate of 78.41 in this season. ^[7] She made her Twenty20 debut for Delhi against Railways on 21 April 2022 in the 2021–22 Senior Women's T20 Trophy. ^[8] In 2023–24 Senior Women's One Day Trophy she scored 411 runs from eight matches with the average of 68.50 and a strike-rate of 91.94 including two centuries and a top score of 141. She also played for the East Delhi Riders in the Women's Delhi Premier League in 2024. ^[9] In 2024, she captained Delhi to the final of the 2024 Under-23 T20 Trophy. She was the second highest run-scorer for her team after Tanisha Singh, having scored 182 runs from nine matches at an average of 26 and a strike-rate of 85.94. ^[10] She made her first-class debut for North Zone against East Zone on 3 April 2024 in the 2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy. ^{[11] [12]}

International career

In December 2024, she earned maiden call-up for national team for the ODI series against West Indies. ^{[13] [14]} She made her One Day International debut against West Indies on 22 December 2024 and became the 150th ODI cricketer for India. ^[15] On her debut ODI match, she scored 40 runs and stand a 110 runs partnership with Smriti Mandhana. ^[16] In the second ODI match she scored her maiden half century (76) and picked two wickets against West Indies. ^{[17] [18]} She also shared a 110 runs partnership with Smriti Mandhana in second ODI. ^[19] She took her first international wicket dismissing West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (106). Jemimah Rodrigues took the catch and sealed Matthews' dismissal. ^[20]

On 10 January 2025, she dedicated her Player of the Match award to her family and coach. ^[21] She scored her first century (154) in ODIs against Ireland on 15 January 2025 at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. ^[22] She won her first international the player of the match and the player of the series awards in that series on 15 January 2025. ^[23] She became the third quickest Indian (in terms of number of matches taken) to score a maiden century in ODIs, ^[24] and became the third Indian player to go past the 150 mark in women's ODIs after Deepti Sharma (188) and Harmanpreet Kaur (171). ^[25]

She became the first women's cricketer to score most runs (444) in first six innings and broke former England captain Charlotte Edwards record (434) in her first six innings in ODIs. ^[26] She became the fastest cricketer (in terms of number of innings taken) to reach 500 runs in ODIs (8 innings) and broke Charlotte Edwards record (9 innings). ^{[27] [28] [29]}

She became the joint-fastest cricketer to score 1,000 runs in ODIs, in the terms of innings (23), ^{[30] [31]} and scored first century in Women's Cricket World Cup against New Zealand on 23 October 2025. ^{[32] [33]}

References

1. "Pratika Rawal". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. 24 December 2024.
3. "The Pratika Rawal story: 92.5 per cent in CBSE, psychology graduate, basketball champion and now India's new opening batter". Sportstar . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
4. "Pratika Rawal: Meet 24-yr-old Delhi girl, 150th addition to India women's cricket team – Education, career, stats, WPL details". ET Now. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
5. "All-Rounder: Pratika Rawal's Rise From Rajender Nagar To Vadodara Landmark". CNN-News18 . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
6. "Women's List A Matches played by Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
7. "Who is Pratika Rawal, India's newest debutant in the ODIs against West Indies?". Female Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
8. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
9. "Who Is Pratika Rawal: Indian Women Cricket Team's New Addition, Co-Shared Century Run In Debut Against West Indies". HerZindagi. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
10. "Who is Pratika Rawal? Psychology student becomes India Women's 150th ODI cricketer". India Today . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
11. "East Zone Women v North Zone Women, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
12. "NZ Women vs EZ Women, 1st semi-final, Pune, April 03 - 05, 2024, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
13. "Pratika Rawal gets maiden call-up for WI ODIs". Cricbuzz . 13 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
14. "India drop Reddy; Kashyap, Bist, Rawal get maiden call-ups for West Indies series". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
15. "From Psychology to Cricket: Meet Pratika Rawal, India women's newest ODI debutant". The Times of India . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
16. "Pratika Rawal Shines On ODI Debut For India Women's Cricket Team". The Pinnacle Gazette. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
17. "Harleen Deol's maiden century, Pratika Rawal's all-round show lead India to ODI series win against West Indies". India TV . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
18. "Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal shine as India seal ODI series". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
19. "IND vs WI: Harleen Deol's hits maiden ton, Pratika Rawal impresses as India clinch series with big win". The Indian Express . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
20. "Why Pratika Rawal's maiden ODI wicket belongs to Jemimah Rodrigues". News9. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
21. "Pratika Rawal dedicates POTM Award to coach Shravan Kumar, family". The Delhi Junction. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
22. "IND-W vs IRE-W, 3rd ODI: Pratika Rawal scores maiden international hundred". Sportstar . Retrieved 15 January 2025.
23. "Pyschology student Pratika Rawal wows fans with unreal consistency: She needs no PR". India Today. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
24. "Pratika Rawal smashes 20-year-old record with maiden WODI ton". Cricket.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
25. "Pratika Rawal shatters world record in women's ODIs with a maiden international century against Ireland". India TV. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
26. "Simplicity, clarity, plenty of elbow grease - the Pratika Rawal mantra". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
27. "India Top-Order Star Pratika Rawal Surpasses Charlotte Edwards To Break Massive Record". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
28. "India's rising star breaks longstanding batting record". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 29 April 2025.
29. "Pratika Rawal Creates New World Record In Women's ODIs As Fastest To Reach 500 Runs". Guwahati Plus. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
30. "Pratika Rawal equals world record, joint-fastest to 1000 runs in women's ODIs". Sportstar . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
31. "Pratika Rawal Becomes Fastest Indian to Score 1000 ODI Runs in Just 23 Innings". Female Cricket. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
32. "IND v NZ, Women's ODI World Cup 2025: Pratika Rawal scores maiden World Cup ton". Sportstar . Retrieved 24 October 2025.
33. "Pratika Rawal slams maiden Women's World Cup century, Smriti Mandhana also scores a ton as India dominate New Zealand in crucial clash". The Indian Express . Retrieved 24 October 2025.

External links

• Pratika Rawal  at ESPNcricinfo