Purnima Rau

Purnima Rau, (born 30 January 1967 in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian ex-cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (5 matches between 1993 and 1995) and ODI cricket for India (33 matches between 1993 and 2000). She captained Air India Women's cricket team in Indian domestic women's cricket. She captained the Indian team in 3 Test matches and 8 ODI matches.

An all-rounder, she played most of her ODI innings in the middle order and bowled right arm off-spin. Currently, she is a coach associated with development of youth and women's cricketers in Hyderabad. Purnima Rau was the coach for India women's cricket team . She was relieved from her duties of coach of India Women's cricket team by BCCI in April 2017 without being communicated directly.

References

http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/94113/purnima-rau-suman-sharma-sacked-as-india-women-coaches

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