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Pratika Rawal (born 1 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national team. She represents Delhi and Railways in domestic cricket.

Early life

Rawal lived in Prem Nagar at Haryana. She schooling at Modern School at Barakhamba Road and complete her graduation in psychology in Jesus & Mary College in New Delhi. In CBSE 12th board exam she acquired 92.5 percent marks. She also played basketball for Bal Bharati School in Rajender Nagar and won gold medal at the 64th School National Games in Delhi in January 2019. Her father, Pradeep Rawal a BCCI-certified Level-II umpire of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). At the age of 10 when she was in fourth standard she started her career in cricket. She trained under coach, Sharvan Kumar in Rohtak Road Gymkhana Cricket Academy. The she started training under former cricketer Dipti Dhyani, and Delhi women’s team coach Dishant Yagnik.

Domestic career

She played for Delhi from 2021 to early 2024. Then she plays for Railways in 2024 in the Senior Women's One Day Trophy and Senior Women's T20 Trophy. She made her List A debut for Delhi against Jharkhand on 31 October 2021 in the 2021–22 Senior Women's One Day Trophy. She scored unbeaten 161 off 155 against Assam and she scored 247 from seven matches with average of 49.40 a strike-rate of 78.41 in this season. She made her Twenty20 debut for Delhi against Railways on 21 April 2022 in the 2021–22 Senior Women's T20 Trophy. In 2023–24 Senior Women's One Day Trophy she scored 411 runs from eight matches with the average of 68.50 and a strike-rate of 91.94 including two centuries and a top score of 141. She also played for the East Delhi Riders in the Women's Delhi Premier League in 2024. In 2024, she captained Delhi to the final of the 2024 Under-23 T20 Trophy. She was the second highest run-scorer for her team after Tanisha Singh, having scored 182 runs from nine matches at an average of 26 and a strike-rate of 85.94. She made her first-class debut for North Zone against East Zone on 3 April 2024 in the 2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy.

International career

In December 2024, she earned maiden call-up for national team for the ODI series against West Indies. She made her One Day International debut against West Indies on 22 December 2024 and became the 150th ODI cricketer for India. On her debut ODI match, she scored 40 runs and stand a 110 runs partnership with Smriti Mandhana. In the second ODI match she scored her maiden half century (76) and picked two wickets against West Indies. She also shared a 110 runs partnership with Smriti Mandhana in second ODI. She took her first international wicket dismissing West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (106). Jemimah Rodrigues took the catch and sealed Matthews' dismissal.

References

1. "Pratika Rawal". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. 24 December 2024.
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6. "Women's List A Matches played by Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
7. "Who is Pratika Rawal, India's newest debutant in the ODIs against West Indies?". Female Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
8. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Pratika Rawal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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11. "East Zone Women v North Zone Women, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
12. "NZ Women vs EZ Women, 1st semi-final, Pune, April 03 - 05, 2024, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
13. "Pratika Rawal gets maiden call-up for WI ODIs". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
14. "India drop Reddy; Kashyap, Bist, Rawal get maiden call-ups for West Indies series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
15. "From Psychology to Cricket: Meet Pratika Rawal, India women's newest ODI debutant". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
16. "Pratika Rawal Shines On ODI Debut For India Women's Cricket Team". The Pinnacle Gazette. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
17. "Harleen Deol's maiden century, Pratika Rawal's all-round show lead India to ODI series win against West Indies". India TV. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
18. "Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal shine as India seal ODI series". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
19. "IND vs WI: Harleen Deol's hits maiden ton, Pratika Rawal impresses as India clinch series with big win". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
20. "Why Pratika Rawal's maiden ODI wicket belongs to Jemimah Rodrigues". News9. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

External links

• Pratika Rawal at ESPNcricinfo

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Delhi
• Delhi women cricketers
• Railways women cricketers
• Indian women cricketers
• India women One Day International cricketers