Farmer’s daughter creates cricketing history in Bristol
KOLKATA/DEHRADUN: Sneh Rana’s fighting knock of unbeaten 80 at No. 8 helped India draw the one-off Test against England in Bristol on Saturday In the process, she became the first Indian woman and fourth overall to have both a fifty plus score and a 4-wicket haul on Test debut.
Sneh, 27, hails from a farmer’s family in Sinaula on the outskirts of Dehradun. What made the 27-year-old’s performance stand out was the fact that she turned out for India Women just two months after her father Bhagwan Singh Rana’s death due to heart attack.
“She was very upset after papa passed away, but did not give up training,” elder sister Ruchi said. “It was like a balm for her, even though we knew she was in distress.”
“She was very upset after papa passed away, but did not give up training,” elder sister Ruchi said. “It was like a balm for her, even though we knew she was in distress.”
Sneh was out of India reckoning for five years and has just returned to all formats after a gap of five years.
Sneh’s journey started as a nine-year-old at the Little Masters Cricket Academy. She was picked during a talent search tournament in Sinaula. “She was too shy to play in front of us. Our academy coach Kiran Sah coaxed her to bat. She was exceptional,” coach Narendra Sah, Kiran’s husband, said.
