Rumeli Dhar

Rumeli Anup Dhar (born 9 December 1983) is an Indian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches, 78 One Day Internationals and 18 Twenty20 Internationals for India between 2003 and 2018. She played domestic cricket for Bengal, Air India, Railways, Rajasthan, Assam and Delhi.^[1][2] She announced her retirement from all forms of cricket in June 2022.^[3] She is currently the head coach of the Odisha women's cricket team.^[4]

Rumeli Dhar

Rumeli Dhar in South Africa during 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Rumeli Anup Dhar
Born	(1983-12-09) 9 December 1983 (age 41) Calcutta (now Kolkata), India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India (2005–2018)
Test debut (cap 64)	21 November 2005 v England
Last Test	29 August 2006 v England
ODI debut (cap 69)	27 January 2003 v England
Last ODI	14 March 2012 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 3)	5 August 2006 v England
Last T20I	22 March 2018 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00	Bengal
2000/01–2002/03	Air India
2004/05–2011/12	Railways
2013/14–2014/15	Rajasthan
2015/16–2016/17	Assam
2017/18	Delhi
2018/19	Railways
2019/20–2021/22	Bengal
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 4 78 18 224 Runs scored 236 961 131 3,525 Batting average 29.50 19.61 18.71 23.34 100s/50s 0/1 0/6 0/1 1/21 Top score 57 92* 66* 104 Balls bowled 552 3,015 295 8,703 Wickets 8 63 13 204 Bowling average 21.75 27.38 23.30 21.03 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/16 4/19 3/13 4/13 Catches/stumpings 0/– 37/– 7/– 88/1
Medal record Representing  India Women's cricket World Cup Runner-up 2005 South Africa

Career

Rumeli Dhar made her international debut on 27 January 2003, in the 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket against England in New Zealand at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln.^[5] She was part of the India side that reached the final of the 2005 World Cup, and was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker at the 2009 World Twenty20.^[3] Having not played an international match since 2012, on the back of her domestic performances, Dhar made an "unlikely" comeback to the national side in 2018, where she played her final three international matches, two against South Africa and one against Australia.^[3][6][2]