Saumya Tiwari is an Indian cricketer, who plays for the Indian women’s under-19 team primarily as a batting all-rounder. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler, Soumya Tiwary was part of the Indian team that defeated England Women in the final to win the inaugural Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup on 29 January 2023.
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Soumya Manish Tiwari was born on Friday, 11 March 2005 (age 18 years; as in 2023) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Pisces. As of 2023, Soumya is studying in class 12th at St. Joseph’s Co-Ed School, Bhopal. Being inclined towards sports since a young age, Saumya grew up playing cricket with thapi thapi (a wooden stick used to wash clothes under the tap) and paper balls. Soumya, who lived in a joint family in her residence in Shahjahanabad, old Bhopal, often watched cricket on television in her childhood. Soon, the thapi thapi was replaced with a plastic bat and Soumya started playing mohalla cricket with boys from her area. According to her father, Soumya would often come home and complain about the boys who refused to include her in their team. Later, her family shifted to Gautam Nagar, New Bhopal, where Soumya started playing cricket in a ground. After seeing his passion for the game, his elder sister took him to the Arera Cricket Academy at the Old Campion grounds in Bhopal for coaching. Suresh Chainani, the cricket coach at the academy, who was worried about girls dropping out, refused to train Soumya. Frustrated with the coach’s refusal, Soumya cried continuously for two days and later went to the academy again and requested the coach to take her in. Eventually the coach agreed to train him during the summer vacation. At that time Soumya was 11 years old. The coach groomed Soumya as an off-spinner before giving her batting training.
Saumya Tiwari during her practice session at Arera Cricket Academy
Meanwhile, an inter-club match is organized at the academy, where Soumya gets a chance to showcase her fielding abilities. He performed very well in the match and took two catches in the game. For the first three years, Soumya trained at the academy along with the boys. Eventually, he caught the attention of the state selectors, who included him in the Madhya Pradesh Under-23 team at the age of 13.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Soumya Tiwari’s father, Manish Tiwari, is a state government employee who works as an election observer in Bhopal Collectorate. His father used to play local division cricket in his younger days. Soumya’s mother Bharti Tiwari is a housewife. He has an elder sister Sakshi Tiwari.
Saumya Towery and her family
Cricket
domestic
Soumya Tiwari started playing for Madhya Pradesh Women in age group cricket at the age of 13. Before being selected in the state U19 team, Tiwari went for trials conducted by the senior division of Bhopal. Tiwari played his first cricket tournament in Gwalior. Soumya also captained the Under-16 Madhya Pradesh women’s team for some time. In 2020–2021, Soumya played for Madhya Pradesh Women in the Senior Challenger tournament. She has played in two Challenger tournaments for Madhya Pradesh U19 team. In 2022, Soumya was part of the Madhya Pradesh U19 women’s team that won the T20 domestic tournament. She has been the captain of Madhya Pradesh U19 team in ZCA and Challenger Trophy matches.
international
In 2022, Soumya Tiwary was named in the India A women’s squad for the quadrangular series which also included India B, West Indies and Sri Lanka. Soumya was the only player from Madhya Pradesh to make it to this series. In 2023, Soumya was named in the Indian U19 squad to represent India in the inaugural Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup. He was made the vice-captain of the team. During the tournament he scored 28 not out off 15 balls against Sri Lanka. Tiwari scored 22 runs against New Zealand in the semi-finals. While chasing the target of 69 runs given by England in the final, Indian openers Shefali Verma and Shweta Sehrawat lost their wickets in quick succession. It was Soumya who scored the winning runs for India by scoring 24 runs in 37 balls. Soumya along with Gongadi Trisha made a partnership of 46 runs.
Indian Women’s Under-19 team after winning the inaugural Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup
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Facts/General Knowledge
- In her spare time, Saumya likes sketching and painting. She is also fond of writing and keeps a personal journal in which she notes down everything she does on the cricket field.
- Saumya is such a fan of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli that her teammates often call her ‘her Virat’ and ‘VK’. There are many posters of Virat in his room. Tiwari is also a big fan of Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana.
- In 2022, Soumya won the award for the best female cricketer of the state.
Saumya Tiwari receiving the award
- Saumya is very conscious about her fitness and follows a strict workout routine. She works out for about 40 minutes before going to the field to play.
- In an interview, Soumya’s coach Suresh Chainani recalled an old incident and said,
We were playing an inter-club tournament and Soumya was the only girl in our team. We batted first and after the first innings the organizer told us that the girl cannot play in the tournament. I protested as they had given permission at first but refused after our batting as Soumya had made a name for herself as a spinner in the local circuit. She came to me and told me that she would sit out because her team should not be disqualified and they should win. We won the match but his team spirit told us about his love for winning.”
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