India Womens vs South Africa Womens: India and South Africa are face to face in the Women’s World Cup 2025 on 9 October. Batting first, Indian opener Pratika Raval is playing on the score of 36. Know about the life of Pratika Rawal.
Pratika Rawal is the opening batsman of the Indian women’s team. 25 year old Pratika was born on 1 September 2000 in Delhi.
Pratika’s father Pradeep Rawal is a Level-II umpire of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) certified by BCCI. Pratika became interested in cricket at the age of 10 after seeing her father. Very few people would know that Pratika Rawal has been a student of Psychology. She has graduated in Psychology from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi.
Pratika has been very bright in studies since childhood. He got 92.5 percent marks in CBSE 12th board exam. During her college days, Pratika felt that she was made for cricket only. After this, she started working hard to become a professional cricketer.
Pratika Rawal started taking training from coach Shravan Kumar at Gymkhana Cricket Academy. She also learned the tricks of cricket from former cricketer Deepti Dhyani and Delhi women’s team coach Dishant Yagnik.
Talking about the domestic career of Pratika Rawal, she played for Delhi from 2021 to the beginning of 2024. In 2024 itself, she played for Railways in the Senior Women’s ODI Trophy and Senior Women’s T20 Trophy.
Talking about international cricket, Pratika Raval played her first ODI match against West Indies on December 22, 2024 in Vadodara. In this she had scored 40 runs.
Pratika Rawal has so far scored 870 runs in 19 One Day International matches at a strike rate of 83.65. His highest score is 154 runs. Apart from this, she has also taken 5 wickets.