Shreyanka Patil

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shreyanka Patil

• Shreyanka Patil is an Indian cricketer who is regarded as one of the finest emerging bowlers of domestic cricket. She has played cricket for India A, Karnataka, and various other teams.

• She gained interest in cricket after watching the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013, where she met Virat Kohli, who is her favourite cricketer.

  

• She captained the under-16 Karnataka team in various tournaments.

• She trained at NICE Cricket Associations, where she also started working on her batting under her coach Arjun Dev. She improved considerably and hit her first century when her coach sent her to play at the 5th position in the match instead of her regular 10th batting position.
  

  

  

• She became famous after a few good bowling performances in corporate matches. In one match, she was playing for Rajajinagar Cricketers, and she took 6 wickets for 4 runs against Swastik Union Cricket Club. In another corporate match, she took 9 wickets for 24 runs for which she won the Cricheroes spell of the year award in 2022.

  

• She emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker in the 2022-23 BCCI’s Senior Women ODI Tournament with 20 wickets.

• She was auctioned off at her base price of Rs10 lakhs by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction.

• She likes eating chocolate fudge.

• She likes to dance in her leisure time.

• Her first sponsor deal was with Fast and Up supplements and vitamins brand.

  

• She won the Purple Cap in the 2024 WPL; she took 13 wickets in the season.