Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:09 PM IST
Summary
Indian women’s cricket team defeated Pakistan in a winning start in the ODI World Cup. Team India led by Mithali Raj beat Pakistan by 107 runs to register their first win of the tournament on Sunday. However, this victory was not easy for Team India and at one time Indian batter was struggling in front of Pakistani bowlers. But after this Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar did wonders together.
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History created against Pakistan
Sneh contributed significantly to the team’s victory in this match with his all-round game. He also picked up two wickets after playing a half-century. This is 28-year-old Sneh Rana’s first World Cup and he impressed everyone in his very first match. The Indian all-rounder first shared a record partnership of 122 runs in 96 balls with Pooja for the seventh wicket and then remained unbeaten on 53 runs in 48 balls. He later took two wickets for 27 runs in 9 overs also in the bowling.
ups and downs
Sneh Rana may be an important part of the team today, but the career and life of this daughter, who hails from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has been full of ups and downs. Sneh made his international debut for India in the year 2014 in ODIs, but after some time he got injured and was out of the team. He started playing in limited overs cricket about 8 years ago. But after the year 2016, he was dropped from the team. Before being dropped from the Indian team, Rana played only seven matches. But he did not lose courage and made a strong comeback in Team India on the strength of hard work and performance.
Father died two months before the selection in the test team
He was selected in India’s Test and ODI squad for the tour of England in June 2021. After this, on the eve of the Test match to be played in Bristol on 16 June 2021, he wrote, remembering his father with the team’s national jersey, ‘Wish! You would have been here to see this and to live the moment. Significantly, his father died two months before the team was announced for the England tour. Sneh had said that making his Test debut for India was an emotional moment for him, as his father wanted to see him play for India again.
History was made in England
After returning to the national team, Rana surprised everyone with his all-round game in his Test debut and drew the team in a losing match. He then played an unbeaten 80 while batting at number eight and shared a record 144-run partnership for the ninth wicket with Tania Bhatia. Apart from this, he also took four wickets in the first innings of the match.