Purnima Rau
Purnima Rau (born 30 January 1967) is an Indian former cricketer. She played Test (5 matches between 1993 and 1995) and ODI cricket for India (33 matches between 1993 and 2000).
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Coaching career
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Career
An all-rounder, she played most of her ODI innings in the middle order and bowled right arm off-spin. She captained Air India in Indian domestic women's cricket. She captained the Indian team in 3 Test matches and 8 ODI matches. Rau made her cricket debut for India against West Indies in an ODI at Nottingham on 20 July 1993. Her test debut against New Zealand at Nelson on 7 February 1995. Rau is touted as one of the first players in Indian women's cricket to attempt to take advantage of the field restrictions in place during the first 15 overs of a limited overs game.
In 1996 skipper Rau helped the touring Andhra Pradesh women's cricket team register a 114 run victory over Samudra Ladies CC.
Coaching career
Currently, she is a coach *ociated 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
External links
- Profile from CricketArchive
- Player profile from Cricinfo
- Purnima Rau, Suman Sharma sacked as India Women coaches from CricBuzz