Uma Chetry

Uma Chetry (born 27 July 2002) is an Indian cricketer from Assam. She plays for the Indian women's National cricket team. She is part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[1][2][3]

Uma Chetry
Personal information
Born (2002-07-27) July 27, 2002
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Assam
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 September 2023
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam

Early life

Uma hails from Kandulimari village in Bokakhat division of Golaghat district, Assam. Her mother encouraged her to play cricket when she saw Uma playing on the roads along with her brother Bijoy Chetri and other boys. She is the only girl among the five siblings. She did her schooling at Bokakhat Hindi High School. She became the first woman to make it to the Indian team from Assam.[4][5]

Career
  • 2023: In July, Uma made her debut for the Indian Women's team to the tour of Bangladesh.[6]
  • 2023: She was part of India A team which won the U-23 Emerging Asia Cup in Hong Kong, defeating Bangladesh in the final.[7]

References
  1. "Uma Chetry Profile - Cricket Player, India | News, Photos, Stats, Ranking, Records - NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. "Asian Games: Indian women's cricket team wins gold in their maiden appearance". The Times of India. 2023-09-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. Desk, Sentinel Digital (2023-09-26). "Asian Games: India clinch first-ever gold medal in women's T20 event - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. "Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. PTI (2023-07-03). "Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. Acharya, Shayan (2023-07-03). "Uma Chetry: Assam's rising star ready to spread wings". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. "Uma Chetry: Farm hand to keeping wickets for India". Hindustan Times. 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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