Rajeshwari Gayakwad
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Full name | Rajeshwari Shivanand Gayakwad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bijapur, (Vijayapura) Karnataka, India | 1 June 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand batswomen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test | 16 November 2014 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut | 19 January 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 13 September 2018 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut | 25 January 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 June 2018 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 September 2018 |
Rajeshwari Gayakwad (born 1 June 1991) is an Indian cricketer. She made her debut in international cricket in a one day international against Sri Lanka on 19 January 2014. She is a right-hand batswomen and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. She played in one test match against South Africa.[1]
Personal life
She started playing serious cricket when she was around 18 years. Her father is her biggest inspiration and got her formal coaching. She start playing for the Karnataka women's cricket team and made her international debut in 2014[2].
Gayakwad lost her father to a cardiac arrest in 2014, right after her debut International series, a T20 against Sri Lanka women's national cricket team[3]
After the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, the Water resources minister M. B. Patil gifted a car worth Rs 5 lakh, which she refused and said that her priority at the moment is to get a house for her family.[4] She was at that time the sole breadwinner for her family following the death of her father.[2].
International cricket
Gayakwad was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[5][6][7]In the same World Cup tournament,she recorded the best bowling figures for India in the Women's Cricket World Cup history(5/15)[8]
References
- ↑ Players profile at cricketarchive
- 1 2 "India spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad living in rented house - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "Rajeshwari Gayakwad: Uncrowned 'princess' of Bijapur". The Economic Times. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "Indian cricketer Rajeshwari Gayakwad: Need house, not car". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
- ↑ World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
- ↑ England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
- ↑ "Batting heroics, Gayakwad five-for seal India's semi-final berth". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-25.