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| name = Uma Chetry<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|07|27}}<br />
| country = India<br />
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| club1 = [[Assam women's cricket team|Assam]]<br />
| date = 27 September 2023<br />
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'''Uma Chetry''' (born 27 July 2002) is an Indian cricketer from Assam. She plays for the [[India women's national cricket team|Indian women's National cricket team]]. She is part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games in [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uma Chetry Profile - Cricket Player, India {{!}} News, Photos, Stats, Ranking, Records - NDTV Sports |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/117940-uma-chetry-playerprofile |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-26 |title=Asian Games: Indian women's cricket team wins gold in their maiden appearance |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/asian-games-indian-womens-cricket-team-wins-gold-in-their-maiden-appearance-at-the-games/articleshow/103929999.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Sentinel Digital |date=2023-09-26 |title=Asian Games: India clinch first-ever gold medal in women’s T20 event - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/sports-news/asian-games-india-clinch-first-ever-gold-medal-in-womens-t20-event-668424 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.sentinelassam.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Uma hails from Kandulimari village in [[Bokakhat]] division of [[Golaghat]] district, [[Assam]]. Her mother encouraged her to play cricket when she saw Uma playing on the roads along with her brother Bijoy Chetri and other boys. She is the only girl among the five siblings. She did her schooling at Bokakhat Hindi High School. She became the first woman to make it to the Indian team from Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket/uma-chetry-becomes-first-cricketer-from-assam-to-make-it-to-indian-womens-cricket-team/cid/1949454 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-07-03 |title=Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team |url=https://theprint.in/india/uma-chetry-becomes-first-cricketer-from-assam-to-make-it-to-india-senior-team/1652590/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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* 2023: In July, Uma made her debut for the Indian Women's team to the tour of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Shayan |date=2023-07-03 |title=Uma Chetry: Assam’s rising star ready to spread wings |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/uma-chetry-assam-cricketer-named-in-team-india-squad-for-bangladesh-tour-rising-stars-journey/article67037660.ece |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 2023: She was part of India A team which won the U-23 Emerging Asia Cup in Hong Kong, defeating Bangladesh in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Uma Chetry: Farm hand to keeping wickets for India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/uma-chetry-farm-hand-to-keeping-wicket-for-india-101688399812798.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:2002 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Assam women cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:People from Golaghat district]]</div>Ajay Kumar