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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.
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