Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has announced to give prize money of Rs 1.5 crore to Indian cricketer Pratika Rawal. Pratika was opening for the Indian team in the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup, but she got injured before the knockout matches. Pratika had scored 308 runs in the World Cup.

CM Rekha Gupta confirmed on social media and said, “Today we welcomed Pratika Rawal, the talented player of the Indian women’s cricket team, at the Chief Minister Seva Sadan. Our talented daughter Pratika Rawal has brought glory to Delhi. For her commitment towards cricket and excellent performance, the Delhi government announces a prize money of Rs 1.5 crore for her.”

Pratika Raval was the fourth highest run scorer in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. He had scored 308 runs. She was behind Laura Wolfhart (571), Smriti Mandhana (434) and Ashley Gardner (328) among the batsmen who scored the most runs.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that Pratika Rawal is a symbol of courage, energy and women empowerment. Rekha Gupta said, “His journey shows that Delhi not only gives birth to dreams but also helps them take flight. Best wishes to him for a bright future.”

Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood and DDCA President Rohan Jaitley were also present to welcome Pratika Rawal. When the Indian team won the final by defeating South Africa by 52 runs on 2 November, Pratika Raval joined the team in a wheelchair. Since Pratika was eliminated in the Rawal Beach tournament, there was a question whether she would get a medal for becoming the winner or not. But ICC amended its rules and also gave the medal to Rawal.

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IND-W vs SA-W: In the second match of the tri -series on Tuesday, Indian women’s cricket team batsman Pratika Rawal created history. He scored more than 50 runs for the fifth consecutive time in ODI cricket. She has become the second Indian female cricketer, who has scored a half -century in ODI cricket five consecutive times. Pratika also made a big record by completing 500 runs in ODIs.

Pratika Rawal, along with Smriti Mandhana, shared an 83 -run partnership for the first wicket. Mandhana scored 36 runs in 54 balls, Anneri Durkasen was caught out off the ball. Pratika Rawal made history by completing 500 runs of his ODI career.

The fastest 500 ODI runs in women’s cricket

Pratika Rawal also completed 500 runs in international ODI cricket in this brilliant innings. She has become the fastest female cricketer to score 500 ODI runs. In the first match of this tri -series, Pratika scored a brilliant innings of 50 not out in 62 balls, for which he was awarded the Player of the Match award. India won by 9 wickets in that match. Pratika has completed 500 ODI runs in 8 innings.

Pratika Rawal scored 78 runs in 91 balls against South Africa, in this innings he hit 1 six and 7 fours. He shared a 68 -run partnership with Harleen Deol for the second wicket. He was bowled by Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Was 154 runs innings against Ireland

Prior to this tri -series, he had scored all three half -centuries against Ireland on the ground of Rajkot. Pratika Rawal scored a record innings of 154 runs against the Ireland women’s team on 15 January 2025. Prior to that, he scored 89 and 67 runs respectively in two matches.

8 innings. 500 runs. Fastest evr by a woman in odis.

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Tri -series between India, Sri Lanka and South Africa

The final match of this tri -series, which started on 27 April, will be played on 11 May. All teams will play 2-2 matches from other 2 teams. After all the matches, the teams which will live in the top 2 will face the title.