Snehal Pradhan

Snehal Pradhan

Personal information
Born	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 39) Pune, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batter
International information
National side	India
ODI debut(cap  89)	9 May 2008 v  Pakistan
Last ODI	30 June 2011 v  England
T20I debut(cap  27)	23 June 2011 v  Australia
Last T20I	27 June 2011 v  New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I Matches 6 4 Runs scored 13 2 Batting average 13.00 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 6* 2* Balls bowled 216 67 Wickets 5 6 Bowling average 27.40 10.66 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/21 3/30 Catches/stumpings 1/0 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 May 2020

Snehal Pradhan (born 18 March 1986) is a former international cricketer who has played in six women's One Day Internationals and four T20 internationals for India. ^[1] She now works as a freelance sports journalist, broadcaster and YouTuber. ^[2] She was born at Pune.

Career

Playing career

Snehal Pradhan was a right-arm fast medium bowler who played more than 100 List A matches for Maharashtra Cricket Association between 2005 and 2016 under the BCCI. ^[3] She also represented Maharashtra State Women's Cricket Association from 2001, under Women's Cricket Association of India before the BCCI took over Women's Cricket in 2005. She was a part of the India Under-21 team fielded by Women's Cricket Association of India that toured Pakistan in 2005. She made her debut for India in 2008 and played 6 ODI and 4 T20I matches. She was a medium pacer who played with Jhulan Goswami. Snehal Pradhan was reported for suspected illegal bowling action by the on-field umpires during an ODI against England in Derby on 30 June 2011. ^[4] Her bowling action was declared illegal by the ICC after conducting a tests at the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health in Perth. She was henceforth suspended from bowling. ^[5] However, her action was cleared by the ICC in February 2012 and she was allowed to resume bowling at the international level. ^[6]

She played her last match in June 2015 for India A against New Zealand, before retiring on 20 October 2015. ^[7]

Post-retirement

Since retirement, Pradhan has been working in the media as a freelance sports journalist, writing for publications like Firstpost, ESPN Cricinfo, Scroll, Cricbuzz, Economic Times and Wisden India . ^{[8] [9] [10]} Since November 2016, she has been posting videos on her YouTube Channel 'Cricket With Snehal' sharing cricket tips, gear reviews, and coaching advice. ^[11] She has appeared in a pre-match interview before the Women's IPL Challenge 2019.

Snehal has been selected for providing commentary at the IPL's 14th season in 2021 for the Marathi language broadcast. ^[12]

References

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5. "ICC declares Pradhan's action illegal". espncricinfo.com. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
6. "Snehal Pradhan's bowling action cleared". espncricinfo.com. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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9. "Snehal Pradhan India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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11. "Cricket with Snehal Hindi".
12. "IPL 2021: Broadcasters announce team of 100 commentators across 8 languages". Business Standard India. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.