Punam Raut

Punam Ganesh Raut (born 14 October 1989), sometimes spelt Poonam Raut, is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team.^[1]

Punam Raut

Raut batting at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Punam Ganesh Raut
Born	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 35) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batter
International information
National side	India (2009–present)
Test debut (cap 79)	13 August 2014 v England
Last Test	30 September 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 92)	19 March 2009 v West Indies
Last ODI	27 June 2021 v England
ODI shirt no.	14
T20I debut (cap 19)	13 June 2009 v Pakistan
Last T20I	2 April 2014 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–2010/11	Mumbai
2011/12–2021/22	Railways
2018–2020	Trailblazers
2022/23–present	Uttarakhand
Career statistics
Competition WTest ODI WT20I Matches 4 73 35 Runs scored 264 2299 719 Batting average 44.00 34.83 27.65 100s/50s 1/0 3/15 0/4 Top score 130 109* 75 Balls bowled – 30 42 Wickets – 1 3 Bowling average – 4.00 9.66 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 Best bowling – 1/4 3/12 Catches/stumpings 0/– 15/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 November 2023

Career

Raut is a right-handed batter and known for her batting. On 15 May 2017, in an ODI verses Ireland, Raut set a world record opening partnership of 320 runs with Deepti Sharma, contributing 109. This beat both the standing women's record of 229 (by Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins of England) and the standing men's record in ODIs of 286 (by Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka).^[2][3][4]

Raut was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.^[5][6][7]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.^[8]

International centuries

Test centuries

Punam Raut's Test centuries[9]
#	Runs	Match	Opponents	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	130	2	South Africa	Mysore, India	Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground	2014[10]

One Day International centuries

Punam Raut's One-Day International centuries[11]
#	Runs	Match	Opponents	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	109*	42	Ireland	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Senwes Park	2017[12]
2	106	50	Australia	Bristol, England	Bristol County Ground	2017[13]
3	104*	71	South Africa	Lucknow, India	BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium	2021[14]

See also

• List of centuries in women's One Day International cricket
• List of centuries in women's Test cricket