Shashi Gupta

Shashi Gupta
Personal information
Full name	Shashi Gupta
Born	3 April 1964 (age 59); Delhi, India
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace
International information
National side	India ;
Test debut(cap 18)	21 January 1984 v Australia
Last Test	9 February 1991 v Australia
ODI debut(cap 24)	19 January 1984 v Australia
Last ODI	29 July 1993 v Denmark
Career statistics
	Source: CricetArchive, 17 September 2009

Last updated March 18, 2024

Shashi Gupta (born 3 April 1964 in Delhi, India) is a former Indian Test and One Day International cricketer and former National Selector of the Indian Women's Cricket Team at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). She played for Indian Women's Cricket team from 1984-93 including the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 1993.

She was the Chairperson of the Senior Women's Selection Committee at Delhi Development Cricket Association (DDCA) from 2010-2011. She was also the captain of Punjab Women’s Cricket Team & Vice-Captain of Indian Railways Women’s Cricket team in 1985. She currently serves as an Advisor on the Cricket Advisory Committee to the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) in India. .^[1] She has played a total of 13 Tests and 20 ODIs.^[2]

Shashi has also been honoured by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London, UK with a Lifetime Membership alongside 8 other former Indian Women Cricketers. ^[3]

Personal Life

Shashi is the daughter of businessman Shyam Lal & Ram Shree. She graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree from Gurunanak Dev University in Punjab, India in 1984. She lives with her husband Sukesh Kumar in Delhi, India and has two children.

Early Career

Shashi played cricket from the age of 11 throughout her middle school and high school. She played cricket at a time when it wasn’t very popular for women and had very minimal media coverage unlike today overcoming many obstacles in her path.

Shashi’s journey began when she was selected to play in the Women's Cricket Team at Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar from 1980-85 and was the captain of the team in 1985. During her tenure, the team was 3 times All India University Champion for Women’s Cricket and 1 time runner up.

Shashi was then selected to play for the State level team in Punjab between 1982-1985 and was the Captain of the team for a year during her tenure. She also played for Indian Railways Women’s Cricket team and served as Vice-Captain of the team in 1985.

Career

She was selected to play for Indian National Women’s cricket team while still in college in 1984. She played for the Indian Women’s cricket team from 1985-1993. During her tenure she represented the country in 1 Women’s Cricket World Cup, played 13 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs). The Indian Women’s Cricket team stood 4th during the World Cup she played in 1993.

Shashi worked for the Northern Railways of India between 1990 - 2020 and retired as a Superintendent in 2020.

Shashi started working with the Delhi Development Cricket Association (DDCA) in 2007. She was the Chairperson of the Senior Women's Selection Committee at DDCA from 2010-2011. During her tenure as the Chairperson, the Delhi Women’s Cricket team won the Ranji championship and was T-20 runners-up.

Shashi served as a member of the Women's Working Committee at the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) since 2015 and the National Selector for India Northern States at BCCI Women’s Cricket Selection Committee from 2016 to January 2020. The women’s team selected by her and other National Selectors stood runners up in the T-20 World Cup in 2020 and in ODIs in 2017.

She serves as an Advisor on the Cricket Advisory Committee to the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) in India from 2022.

Records

1. Made a world record in last wicket partnership with Sharmila Chakarwarti with 78 runs In 2nd test match India v/s Australia in Lucknow in 1984

2. Received Best all-rounder award In 2nd test match India v/s Australia in Lucknow in 1984

3. Made a world record (at the time) for taking wicket on very first ball of the match India v/s New Zealand in Indore in 1985

4. Best All-rounder award in one day match India v/s New Zealand in Indore in 1985 Scored centuries in 4 consecutive national championships in the Ranji tournament final matches and one in semi-final match between 1985-1993

Awards

1. All-rounder 2nd Test match India v/s Australia in Lucknow - 1984

2. All rounder One Day India v/s New Zealand in Indore - 1985, bold at first ball

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References

↑ "Shashi Gupta". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
↑ "Shashi Gupta". Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 September 2009.
↑ "MCC honours Indian Women Cricketers with honorary Life Membership". Core Sector Communique . Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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[1] "Shashi Gupta". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[Cricinfo_profile-2] "Shashi Gupta". Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[MCC_honours_Indian_Women_Cricketers_with_honorary_Life_Membership-3] "MCC honours Indian Women Cricketers with honorary Life Membership". Core Sector Communique . Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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