Shweta Sehrawat is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India Under-19 women’s national cricket team. Shweta is a batting all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and a right-arm attacking bowler. In 2023, Shweta participated in the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup as the vice-captain of the Indian women’s national team.
Wiki/Biography
Shweta Sanjay Sehrawat was born on Thursday, February 26, 2004 in Mahipalpur village, New Delhi (age 19 years 2023). Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
Shweta Sehrawat in childhood (left)
She grew up in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Shweta is a student of Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, and passed her Class 12 examination in 2022. Shweta used to accompany her sister to the cricket coaching center as a child. At the coaching center, Shweta often picks up a bat and does some shadow practice. Her father recalled the incident in an interview,
I used to take my elder daughter (Swati) to Sonnet Cricket Club and Shweta would just accompany me. She would insist on playing with her sister, but I never gave her much attention because she was so young. After a few months, we shifted Swati to a cricket academy in Vasant Kunj. It was a boys’ college and the coach asked one of them to bowl to Shweta with a tennis ball. I still remember her first shot, which went straight to the ground. I’m shocked that a 7 year old has no fear playing against U-14 boys. The next day I bought her all the equipment and her cricket journey began. “
At the age of 12, Shweta participated in the senior women’s trials in Delhi and was selected in the top 30.
Shweta Sehrawat in practice
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Shweta Sehrawat’s father Sanjay Sehrawat is a real estate agent. Her mother is a housewife. She has a sister, Swati Sehrawat, who works in a private company in New Delhi. Her brother Sam Sehrawat is an animator.
Shweta Sehrawat with her parents and siblings
Profession
At the age of 12, Shweta participated in the senior women’s trials in Delhi and was selected among the top 30 cricketers. A few years later, she became part of the Delhi U-16 team. Shweta scored her first fifty in the U-16 team while representing Delhi against Haryana. Soon, she started playing for Delhi U19 team.
Thereafter, she was selected in the Indian women’s under-19 national team squad. A consistent run-scorer, Shweta scored 163 runs in four innings at a strike rate of 111.64 in the U-19 T20 Challenger Trophy in November 2022. Sehrawat was the highest run-scorer in the quadrilateral series, which included West Indies, Sri Lanka, and two teams from India; she scored 164 runs with a strike rate of 151.85. In 2022, she was part of the Women’s U-19 team that defeated New Zealand 5-0 in the Domestic T20 Women’s U-19 Trophy; Shweta, the captain of the Indian team, scored 180 runs in 6 innings in this tournament, hitting The rate is 129 points. Later, she represented India in various tournaments at the U-19 level, scoring 474 runs in 17 innings.
Shweta Sehrawat with U-19 Indian women’s team during cricket match
In 2023, Shweta was appointed as the vice-captain of the team by the BCCI as two senior Indian players Shafali Verma and wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh were included in the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup U-19 squad. On January 14, 2023, in the World Cup match against South Africa in Benoni, Shweta scored an unbeaten 92 off 57 balls to help the team win. The match hit 20 boundaries and Shweta emerged as the player of the match.
Shweta Sehrawat during a cricket match
In February 2023, UP Warriorz bought her for Rs 40 lakh at the first WPL auction.
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, talking about Shweta’s aggressive hitting style, her father attributed it to the nearly four years she played with the boys. Her father further revealed that there are only two girls in her cricket academy.
- She received cricket training from Deepti Dhyani at Karnel Singh Stadium.
- Her jersey number is No. 11.
Shweta Sehrawat jersey number 11
- In her first few years, Shweta batted at number seven. However, when she started scoring runs in age-group cricket, she got an opportunity as an opening batsman.
- Shweta almost missed out on a chance to be a part of India’s women’s under-19 team due to her Class 12 exams, and it was former cricketer and National Cricket Academy (NCA) director VVS Laxman who convinced her to join a cricket camp. Apparently, her Class 12 exam dates clashed with the U-19 camp scheduled from May 15 to June 9, so Sehrawat wrote a letter to National Cricket Academy (NCA) director VVS Laxman, said she would not be able to attend camp. However, Laxman, who had heard a lot about Shweta’s batting, insisted that she attend the camp for at least a few days. Shweta joined the camp on June 3, 2022 and played a few games. In one of the matches, she hit a century and was selected for the regional team of the National Cricket Academy.
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