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{{short description|Indian cricketer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}

{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Pratika Rawal
| female = true
| image = Pratika Rawal.jpeg
| caption = Rawal in 2025
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|9|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]
| role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|Opening batter]]

| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 2024–present
| onetest = true
| testdebutdate = 6 March
| testdebutyear = 2026
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testcap = 97
| lasttestdate =
| lasttestyear =
| lasttestagainst =

| odidebutdate = 22 December
| odidebutyear = 2024
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 150
| lastodidate = 26 October
| lastodiyear = 2025
| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh
| odishirt = 64

| club1 = [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]]
| year1 = 2021–2024
| club2 = [[Railways women's cricket team|Railways]]
| year2 = 2024–present
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| matches1 = 24
| runs1 = 1,110
| bat avg1 = 50.45
| 100s/50s1 = 2/7
| top score1 = 154
| deliveries1 = 209
| wickets1 = 6
| bowl avg1 = 31.33
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/37
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 4
| runs2 = 257
| bat avg2 = 32.12
| 100s/50s2 = 1/1
| top score2 = 120
| deliveries2 = 60
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 26.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/0
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 47
| runs3 = 2,006
| bat avg3 = 57.31
| 100s/50s3 = 5/13
| top score3 = 161[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 169
| wickets3 = 4
| bowl avg3 = 38.00
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 2/37
| catches/stumpings3 = 28/–

| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 24
| runs4 = 574
| bat avg4 = 24.95
| 100s/50s4 = 0/5
| top score4 = 76
| deliveries4 = 6
| wickets4 = 0
| bowl avg4 = –
| fivefor4 = –
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = –
| catches/stumpings4 = 8/–

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Cricket World Cup|ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2025 Women's Cricket World Cup|2025 India]]}}

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/pratika-rawal-1289557 ESPNcricinfo
| date = 3 November
| year = 2025
}}
'''Pratika Rawal''' (born 1 September 2000) is an Indian international [[cricket]]er who plays for the [[India women's national cricket team|women's national cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1412476.html |title=Pratika Rawal |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> She represents [[Railways women's cricket team|Railways]] in domestic cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1556/1556376/1556376.html |title=Pratika Rawal |work=CricketArchive |date=24 December 2024 }}</ref> Rawal was an integral part of the Indian team that won the [[2025 Women's Cricket World Cup]].

==Early life==
Rawal was born in Delhi on 1 September 2000. She completed her schooling from Modern School at Barakhamba Road and acquired 92.5 per cent in the CBSE grade 12 board exams, before finishing her bachelor's degree in [[psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], New Delhi. She also played basketball for Bal Bharati School in Rajender Nagar and won gold medal at the 64th School National Games in Delhi in January 2019.<ref name=PR>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/pratika-rawal-india-women-debut-west-indies-odi-career-timeline-school-college-early-days/article69021603.ece |title=The Pratika Rawal story: 92.5 per cent in CBSE, psychology graduate, basketball champion and now India's new opening batter |work=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> Her father, Pradeep Rawal is a BCCI-certified Level-II umpire of the [[Delhi & District Cricket Association]] (DDCA). At the age of 10 when she was in fourth standard she started her career in cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etnownews.com/sports/pratika-rawal-meet-24-year-old-delhi-girl-the-150th-addition-to-india-womens-cricket-team-her-education-stats-wpl-auction-details-article-116570509 |title=Pratika Rawal: Meet 24-yr-old Delhi girl, 150th addition to India women's cricket team – Education, career, stats, WPL details |work=ET Now |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> She trained under coach, Sharvan Kumar in Rohtak Road Gymkhana Cricket Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricket/all-rounder-pratika-rawals-rise-from-rajender-nagar-to-vadodara-landmark-9167416.html |title=All-Rounder: Pratika Rawal's Rise From Rajender Nagar To Vadodara Landmark |work=[[CNN-News18]] |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> Then she started training under former cricketer Dipti Dhyani, and Delhi women's team coach [[Dishant Yagnik]].<ref name=PR />

==Domestic career==
She played for Delhi from 2021 to early 2024. Then she plays for Railways in 2024 in the [[Senior Women's One Day Trophy]] and [[Senior Women's T20 Trophy]]. She made her [[List A cricket|List A]] debut for Delhi against [[Jharkhand women's cricket team|Jharkhand]] on 31 October 2021 in the [[2021–22 Senior Women's One Day Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1556/1556376/Womens_List_A_Matches.html |title=Women's List A Matches played by Pratika Rawal |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> She scored unbeaten 161 off 155 against [[Assam women's cricket team|Assam]] and she scored 247 from seven matches with average of 49.40 a strike-rate of 78.41 in this season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/west-indies-tour-of-india-2024/58740-who-is-pratika-rawal-indias-newest-debutant-in-the-odis-against-west-indies.html |title=Who is Pratika Rawal, India's newest debutant in the ODIs against West Indies? |work=Female Cricket |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> She made her [[Twenty20]] debut for Delhi against Railways on 21 April 2022 in the [[2021–22 Senior Women's T20 Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1556/1556376/Womens_Twenty20_Matches.html |title=Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Pratika Rawal |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> In [[2023–24 Senior Women's One Day Trophy]] she scored 411 runs from eight matches with the average of 68.50 and a strike-rate of 91.94 including two centuries and a top score of 141. She also played for the East Delhi Riders in the Women's Delhi Premier League in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.herzindagi.com/society-culture/pratika-rawal-debut-indian-women-cricket-team-india-vs-west-indies-article-1012407 |title=Who Is Pratika Rawal: Indian Women Cricket Team's New Addition, Co-Shared Century Run In Debut Against West Indies |work=HerZindagi |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> In 2024, she captained Delhi to the final of the 2024 Under-23 T20 Trophy. She was the second highest run-scorer for her team after Tanisha Singh, having scored 182 runs from nine matches at an average of 26 and a strike-rate of 85.94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/cricket-pratika-rawal-india-women-vs-west-indies-women-debut-2653706-2024-12-22 |title=Who is Pratika Rawal? Psychology student becomes India Women's 150th ODI cricketer |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> She made her [[First-class cricket|first-class]] debut for North Zone against [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]] on 3 April 2024 in the [[2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1338/1338826.html |title=East Zone Women v North Zone Women, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy 2023/24 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1426785.html |title=NZ Women vs EZ Women, 1st semi-final, Pune, April 03 - 05, 2024, Senior Women Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref>

==International career==
In December 2024, she earned maiden call-up for national team for the ODI series [[West Indies women's cricket team in India in 2024–25|against West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/132746/pratika-rawal-gets-maiden-call-up-for-wi-odis |title=Pratika Rawal gets maiden call-up for WI ODIs |work=[[Cricbuzz]] |date=13 December 2024 |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-wi-women-2024-arundhati-reddy-dropped-kashyap-bist-rawal-handed-maiden-call-ups-1464853 |title=India drop Reddy; Kashyap, Bist, Rawal get maiden call-ups for West Indies series |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> She made her [[Women's One Day International|One Day International]] debut against West Indies on 22 December 2024 and became the [[List of India women ODI cricketers|150th ODI cricketer for India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/from-psychology-to-cricket-meet-pratika-rawal-india-womens-newest-odi-debutant/articleshow/116564371.cms |title=From Psychology to Cricket: Meet Pratika Rawal, India women's newest ODI debutant |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> On her debut ODI match, she scored 40 runs and stand a 110 runs partnership with [[Smriti Mandhana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/pratika-rawal-shines-on-odi-debut-for-india-womens-cricket-team-104515?srsltid=AfmBOorDu3Fu2hj3xgmNT03Zwxe9Zo16j0M5lz9_OidWU-yKeyqtvXKC |title=Pratika Rawal Shines On ODI Debut For India Women's Cricket Team |work=The Pinnacle Gazette |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> In the second ODI match she scored her maiden half century (76) and picked two wickets against West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/harleen-deol-s-maiden-century-pratika-rawal-s-all-round-show-lead-india-to-odi-series-win-against-west-indies-2024-12-24-967780 |title=Harleen Deol's maiden century, Pratika Rawal's all-round show lead India to ODI series win against West Indies |work=[[India TV]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/harleen-deol-pratika-rawal-shine-as-india-seal-odi-series-101735060209806.html |title=Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal shine as India seal ODI series |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> She also shared a 110 runs partnership with Smriti Mandhana in second ODI.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-women-vs-west-indies-women-harleen-deol-century-pratika-9743018/lite/ |title=IND vs WI: Harleen Deol's hits maiden ton, Pratika Rawal impresses as India clinch series with big win |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> She took her first international wicket dismissing West Indies captain [[Hayley Matthews]] (106). [[Jemimah Rodrigues]] took the catch and sealed Matthews' dismissal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news9live.com/sports/cricket-news/why-pratika-rawals-maiden-odi-wicket-belongs-to-jemimah-rodrigues-watch-to-know-2781144 |title=Why Pratika Rawal's maiden ODI wicket belongs to Jemimah Rodrigues |work=News9 |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref>

On 10 January 2025, she dedicated her Player of the Match award to her family and coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedelhijunction.com/pratika-rawal-dedicates-potm-award-to-coach-shravan-kumar-family |title=Pratika Rawal dedicates POTM Award to coach Shravan Kumar, family |work=The Delhi Junction |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref> She scored her first century (154) in ODIs [[Ireland women's cricket team in India in 2024–25#3rd ODI|against Ireland]] on 15 January 2025 at [[Niranjan Shah Stadium]] in [[Rajkot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/pratika-rawal-scores-maiden-odi-hundred-india-women-vs-ireland-stats-record-news/article69099844.ece |title=IND-W vs IRE-W, 3rd ODI: Pratika Rawal scores maiden international hundred |work=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref> She won her first international the player of the match and the player of the series awards in that series on 15 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/pyschology-student-pratika-rawal-wows-fans-with-unreal-consistency-she-needs-no-pr-2665152-2025-01-15 |title=Pyschology student Pratika Rawal wows fans with unreal consistency: She needs no PR |work=India Today |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> She became the third quickest Indian (in terms of number of matches taken) to score a maiden century in ODIs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com/news/pratika-rawal-smashes-20-year-old-record-with-maiden-wodi-ton-1152025-1736930748903 |title=Pratika Rawal smashes 20-year-old record with maiden WODI ton |work=Cricket.com |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> and became the third Indian player to go past the 150 mark in women's ODIs after [[Deepti Sharma]] (188) and [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] (171).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/ind-w-vs-ire-w-pratika-rawal-shatters-world-record-in-women-s-odis-with-a-maiden-international-century-against-ireland-2025-01-15-971381 |title=Pratika Rawal shatters world record in women's ODIs with a maiden international century against Ireland |work=India TV |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref>

She became the first women's cricketer to score most runs (444) in first six innings and broke former England captain [[Charlotte Edwards]] record (434) in her first six innings in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/simplicity-clarity-plenty-of-elbow-grease-the-pratika-rawal-mantra-1482871 |title=Simplicity, clarity, plenty of elbow grease - the Pratika Rawal mantra |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> She became the fastest cricketer (in terms of number of innings taken) to reach 500 runs in ODIs (8 innings) and broke Charlotte Edwards record (9 innings).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/india-top-order-star-pratika-rawal-surpasses-charlotte-edwards-to-break-massive-record-8286729 |title=India Top-Order Star Pratika Rawal Surpasses Charlotte Edwards To Break Massive Record |work=NDTV Sports |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-s-rising-star-breaks-longstanding-batting-record |title=India's rising star breaks longstanding batting record |work=[[International Cricket Council]] |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.guwahatiplus.com/article/pratika-rawal-creates-new-world-record-in-womens-odis-as-fastest-to-reach-500-runs/39135 |title=Pratika Rawal Creates New World Record In Women's ODIs As Fastest To Reach 500 Runs |work=Guwahati Plus |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref>

She became the joint-fastest cricketer to score 1,000 runs in ODIs, in the terms of innings (23),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/womens-odi-world-cup-2025-india-vs-new-zealand-pratika-rawal-fastest-to-1000-runs-world-record-mark/article70193288.ece |title=Pratika Rawal equals world record, joint-fastest to 1000 runs in women’s ODIs |work=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=23 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/76673-pratika-rawal-becomes-fastest-indian-to-score-1000-odi-runs-in-just-23-innings.html |title=Pratika Rawal Becomes Fastest Indian to Score 1000 ODI Runs in Just 23 Innings |work=Female Cricket |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref> and scored first century in Women's Cricket World Cup against New Zealand on 23 October 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/ind-v-nz-womens-odi-world-cup-2025-pratika-rawal-scores-maiden-world-cup-ton/article70193721.ece |title=IND v NZ, Women’s ODI World Cup 2025: Pratika Rawal scores maiden World Cup ton |work=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/pratika-rawal-smriti-mandhana-centuries-100-ind-vs-nz-world-cup-10322790/ |title=Pratika Rawal slams maiden Women’s World Cup century, Smriti Mandhana also scores a ton as India dominate New Zealand in crucial clash |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=1289557}}

{{India Squad 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup}}

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