Purnima Rau
Personal information
Full name
Purnima Rau
Born (1967-01-30) 30 January 1967
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 44)7 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last Test15 July 1999 v England
ODI debut (cap 40)20 July 1993 v West Indies
Last ODI20 December 2000 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985/86Andhra
1991/92–1995/96Railways
1993/94Andhra
1996/97–2004/05Air India
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 5 33 30 86
Runs scored 123 516 802 1,705
Batting average 15.37 21.50 29.70 28.41
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/4 0/9
Top score 33 67* 81 82*
Balls bowled 1,164 1,557 2,614 2,888
Wickets 15 50 77 125
Bowling average 21.26 16.88 13.98 13.22
5 wickets in innings 1 0 4 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/24 4/26 6/29 5/3
Catches/stumpings 1/– 8/– 6/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 August 2022

Purnima Rau (née Janardhan; born 30 January 1967) is an Indian former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in five Test matches and 33 One Day Internationals for India between 1993 and 2000. She played domestic cricket for Andhra, Railways and Air India.[1][2]

Playing career

Rau made her international debut for India against West Indies in an ODI at Nottingham on 20 July 1993.[1] Her Test debut came against New Zealand at Nelson on 7 February 1995.[1] Rau was described 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.[1]

She captained India in 3 Test matches and 8 ODI matches, all in 1995.[2]

In 1996 skipper Rau helped the touring Andhra Pradesh women's cricket team register a 114 run victory over Samudra Ladies CC. She captained Air India in the 1999/00 season.[2]

Coaching career

Rau was head coach of India between 2014 and 2017.[3] Currently, she is a coach associated with development of youth and women's cricketers in Hyderabad.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Player Profile: Purnima Rau". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player Profile: Purnima Rau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Purnima Rau, Suman Sharma sacked as India Women coaches". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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