Purnima Rau

Purnima Rau
Personal information
Full name
Purnima Rau
Born (1967-01-30) 30 January 1967 (age 56)
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.

Playing career

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

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

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

Coaching career

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


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