Dayalan Hemalatha

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dayalan Hemalatha

• Dayalan Hemalatha is an Indian cricketer who has played many international matches for India and is regarded as one of the best openers in Tamil Nadu.

• She played kho kho, athletics, and volleyball during her childhood and played cricket occasionally with the boys in her neighbourhood.

• She started training in cricket formally at the MAC Spin Foundation under the coach Peter Fernandez at the age of seventeen.

  

• Her parents were not happy with her decision to become a professional cricketer; however, they started supporting her when got selected for the Under-19 Tamil Nadu team.

• She was selected for the under-19 Tamil Nadu team in 2011.

• She played for the Under-19 South Zone and South Zone in 2012.

  

• She played for the Tamil Nadu senior team till the 2019-20 season after which she started playing for Indian Railways in the 2020-21 season.

•  She won three trophies in the 2022-23 season. She won Senior T20 Trophy as an Indian Railways player, Interzonal Trophy as a Central Zone player, and Challenger Trophy as an India-D player.

  

• She played in 5 matches in the 2018 T20 World Cup held in West Indies and made 21 runs at an average of 4.2 and took 5 wickets.

  

• She was part of the Indian squad which won the T20 Asia Cup 2022.

  

• She played in the Women’s T20 Challenge tournament in the 2019 and 2020 seasons for Trailblazers.

  

• Gujarat Giants signed her up for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in the February 2023 auction for Rs 30 lakhs.

• She is a close friend of an Indian player from Andhra Pradesh, Sabbhineni Meghana.