Sneh Rana (cricketer)

Sneh Rana

Rana in August 2022
Personal information
Full name	Sneh Rana
Born	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30) Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap  85)	16 June 2021 v  England
Last Test	21 December 2023 v  Australia
ODI debut(cap  110)	19 January 2014 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	18 September 2022 v  England
ODI shirt no.	2
T20I debut(cap  45)	26 January 2014 v  Sri Lanka
Last T20I	23 February 2023 v  Australia
T20I shirt no.	2
Domestic team information
Years	Team

Representing   India
Women's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Team
Women's Asia Cup
Winner	2022 Bangladesh

Sneh Rana (born 18 February 1994) is an Indian cricketer, who currently plays for Railways and the India women's national team as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and background

Rana hails from Sinaula, on the outskirts of Dehradun. ^[3] Her father was a farmer. ^[4]

International career

She made her Women's One Day International and Women's Twenty20 International debuts against Sri Lanka in 2014. ^[5]

After a knee injury in 2016, she was side-lined from the national team, and would not play international cricket for another five years. ^[6] During this period, she played domestic cricket, and also played for India B.

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team. ^[7] Rana made her Test debut against England on 16 June 2021. ^{[8] [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]

During India Women vs South Africa Women one-off Test, Sneh Rana became first women spinner to take 10-wicket haul in Test cricket. ^[12]

References

1. "Sneh Rana". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. "Karuna Jain left out of India women's one-day squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. Menon, Vishal (22 June 2021). "Sneh Rana overcomes personal tragedy, injury to script India's Bristol rearguard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
4. Banerjee, Kathakali; Anab, Mohammad (21 June 2021). "Farmer's daughter creates cricketing history in Bristol". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
5. "India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014?". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
6. Ghosh, Annesha (17 June 2021). "The love, loss and comeback of Sneh Rana". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
7. "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.
8. "Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
9. "Turning it in: Sneh Rana shines on Test debut". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
10. "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
11. "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
12. "Sneh Rana first Indian female spinner to take a 10 -wicket". SportsTiger. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

External links

• Sneh Rana  at ESPNcricinfo
• Sneh Rana  at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Sneh Rana at The Cricket Fanatic