Rajeshwari Gayakwad

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Rajeshwari Gayakwad
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Gayakwad playing for India during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Rajeshwari Shivanand Gayakwad
Born (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 33)
Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  81)16 November 2014 v  South Africa
Last Test30 September 2021 v  Australia
ODI debut(cap  109)19 January 2014 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI24 September 2022 v  England
ODI shirt no.1
T20I debut(cap  43)25 January 2014 v  Sri Lanka
Last T20I20 February 2023 v  Ireland
T20I shirt no.1
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's Cricket
World Cup
Runner-up 2017 England and Wales
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2020 Australia
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

Rajeshwari Gayakwad (born 1 June 1991) is an Indian cricketer. She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She made her debut for India in a One Day International against Sri Lanka on 19 January 2014. [1]

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Personal life

She started playing serious cricket when she was around 18 years. Her father is her biggest inspiration and got her formal coaching. She start playing for the Karnataka women's cricket team and made her international debut in 2014. [2]

Gayakwad lost her father to a cardiac arrest in 2014, right after her debut international series, against Sri Lanka [3]

After the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, the water resources minister M. B. Patil gifted her a car worth Rs 5 lakh, which she refused and said that her priority was to get a house for her family. [4] She was at that time the sole breadwinner for her family following the death of her father. [2]

International cricket

Gayakwad was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. [5] [6] [7] In the same World Cup tournament, she recorded the best bowling figures for India in the Women's Cricket World Cup history (5/15) [8]

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [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]

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References

  1. Players profile at cricketarchive
  2. 1 2 "India spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad living in rented house". The Times of India. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. "Rajeshwari Gayakwad: Uncrowned 'princess' of Bijapur". The Economic Times. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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