Pooja Vastrakar

Pooja Vastrakar (born 25 September 1999) is an Indian cricketer.[2][3] She plays for Madhya Pradesh and Central Zone.[4] She has played 4 First-class, 25 List A cricket and 17 Women's Twenty20 matches. She made her debut in major domestic cricket in a Twenty20 match on 9 March 2013 against Odisha. She is professional cricketer who has played for Shahdol divisional cricket association.

Pooja Vastrakar
Personal information
Full namePooja Vastrakar
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999
Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India
NicknameBabulal, Babloo[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 88)16 June 2021 v England
Last Test30 September 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 122)10 February 2018 v South Africa
Last ODI27 March 2022 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 57)13 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I9 February 2022 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Madhya Pradesh Women
Central Zone Women
India Green Women
Supernovas
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 2 14 24
Runs scored 37 257 157
Batting average 12.33 19.76 19.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 13 67 37*
Balls bowled 244 426 357
Wickets 5 6 19
Bowling average 23.00 70.50 20.47
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0
Best bowling 3/49 3/46 3/6
Catches/stumpings 0/0 1/0 5/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 March 2022

Early life

Vastrakar started playing cricket near her neighbourhood along with the boys who used to play there.[5] She later started going to the stadium and practiced net batting where the coach Ashutosh Shrivastava discovered her and started her formal training.[5] She started off with batting and later on joining the Madhya Pradesh team, she switched to bowling. At the age of 15, she was a part of India Green Women Squad.[6] In 2016, while Vastrakar was fielding during a senior women's domestic match, she twisted her knee.[5] This led to her getting a surgery done for her anterior cruciate ligament tear which put her National call-up in jeopardy.[5] Challenger Trophy, 2018 played a pivotal role in Vastrakar's selection for the South Africa tour.[5]

Vastrakar's father is a retired employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Her mother died when she was ten years old. She has four sisters and two brothers and is the youngest of the seven siblings.[1]

International career

She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 10 February 2018.[7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.[8]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10] However, she suffered an injury during a warm-up match, and was later ruled out of the tournament.[11] In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[12]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.[13] Vastrakar made her Test debut on 16 June 2021, for India against England.[14] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[15]

References
  1. Annesha Ghosh. "Vastrakar: India's bold and resilient teenager". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Pooja Vastrakar". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "Player's profile". cricketarchive.com.
  4. "India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014?". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. I was picked by my coach in a boys training camp - Vastrakar, retrieved 15 December 2018
  6. "India Green Women Squad | Women's Challenger Trophy, 2015 | Cricket Squads | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. "3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Potchefstroom, Feb 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  8. "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  10. "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  11. "Devika Vaidya replaces injured Pooja Vastrakar". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  12. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  13. "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.
  14. "Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  15. "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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