Sneh Rana

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Sneh Rana is an Indian cricket player who is known for becoming the first Indian woman and fourth in the history of the sport to bag a half-century and take four-wicket during her test debut.She belongs to a Rajput family. Her father was a farmer, and her mother was a homemaker. They supported her a lot throughout her cricket journey.Apart from cricket, she used to play badminton when she was young. In an interview, her sister, Ruchi talked about Sneh and said that she was a tomboy and always used to play with boys.When she was nine years old, she used to play cricket matches with boys. Her father saw her interest in cricket and got her enrolled in Little Masters Academy, Dehradun.When she practised cricket at the ground, she used to bring English and Maths textbooks and teach other girls there.After playing cricket in Uttrakhand, she went to Haryana because there were no cricket associations in Uttrakhand. After playing the U-19 in Haryana, she became part of the Punjab cricket team.The first tournament that she played was when her club participated in a tournament in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She was awarded the Women of the series award in the tournament.In an interview, her coach said that initially, Sneh was very shy to play in front of them.In 2016, she suffered from a knee injury and could not play international matches for five years. During this time, she used to play domestic matches. After the knee injury, she took treatment from the U Mumba Kabaddi team physio and gradually recovered. She did not wait for five years and made a comeback after two years of injury. In an interview, she talked about her comeback and said, I had a tough time dealing with the injury. But I was hopeful and kept working hard and aiming for a comeback. A lot of people my age think they wont be able to make a comeback, or that staging a comeback at the highest level gets tougher by the day. So, I hope, I have been able to inspire someone today with this. I do not think one should ever give up..In the Womens Senior One Day Trophy 2020-21, she took eighteen wickets while playing for Railways.