Pooja Vastrakar

Pooja Vastrakar (born 25 September 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national team as an all-rounder. She is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter. She made her international debut for India in 2018, against South Africa. She later started going to the stadium and practiced net batting where the coach Ashutosh Shrivastava realized her talent and started her formal training. In 2016, while Vastrakar was fielding during a senior women's domestic match, she twisted her knee.

International career She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 10 February 2018. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. However, she suffered an injury during a warm-up match, and was later ruled out of the tournament. In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team. Vastrakar made her Test debut on 16 June 2021, for India against England. In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. She scored 156 runs averaging 26.00, and took 10 wickets averaging 18.30 in the tournament. In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.