Shashi Gupta (born 3 April 1964 in Delhi, India) is a former Indian Test and One Day International cricketer and former National Selector of the Indian Women's Cricket Team at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). She has played a total of 13 Tests and 20 ODIs from 1984-93 including the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 1993.[1] She was the Chairperson of the Senior Women's Selection Committee at Delhi Development Cricket Association (DDCA) from 2010-2011.[2] She was also the captain of Punjab Women’s Cricket Team.
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| Full name | Shashi Gupta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1964 Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 18) | 21 January 1984 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 9 February 1991 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 24) | 19 January 1984 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 29 July 1993 v Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editShashi was selected to play for the State level team in Punjab between 1982-1985 and was the Captain of the team for a year during her tenure.[3] She also played for Indian Railways Women’s Cricket team.[4]
She was then selected to play for Indian National Women’s cricket team in 1984. She played for the Indian Women’s cricket team from 1985-1993. During her tenure she represented the country in 1 Women’s Cricket World Cup, played 13 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs).[5] The Indian Women’s Cricket team stood 4th during the World Cup she played in 1993.[6]
Shashi served as a member of the Women's Working Committee at the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) since 2015 and the National Selector for India Northern States at BCCI Women’s Cricket Selection Committee from 2016 to January 2020.[7]
In 2017 Shashi was awarded honourary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in recognition of her contribution to Women’s Cricket.[8][9]
Gupta has scored 11th most runs by an Indian woman cricket player in Test matches.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Cricketer Profile Shashi Gupta". ESPN Cricket info. ESPN Cricket info. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "DDCA Members with Voting Rights" (PDF). Delhi Development Cricket Association ddca.in. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Shashi Gupta Punjab Women". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Cricketer Profile Shashi Gupta". ESPN Cricket info. ESPN Cricket info. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Cricketer Profile Shashi Gupta". ESPN Cricket info. ESPN Cricket info. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's Cricket World Cup 1993". ESPN Cricket Info. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The Telegraph India". BCCI Office Bearers and Committees. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "9 former cricketers to be awarded MCC membership". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Meet the latest MCC Life Members". Cricket Country. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "BCCI International Cricket Statistics". BCCI.
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