
A rising star in Indian cricket whose composed batting played a key role in securing a historic World Cup victory for her nation.
Pratika Rawal helped steer India to the Women's Cricket World Cup title in 2025, becoming a world champion before her 25th birthday. Emerging through India's domestic structure with Railways, she built a reputation for a technically sound game suited for international pressure. Her contributions with the bat provided crucial stability in the middle order during the tournament. When the final victory was sealed, she had become part of a new generation lifting Indian women's cricket to its pinnacle. Her success came not with flashy theatrics, but with steady, reliable presence.
1997–2012
Born into smartphones, social media, and school shootings. The most diverse generation in history. Pragmatic about money, fluid about identity, anxious about the climate. They do not remember a world before the internet.
Pratika was born in 2000, placing them squarely in the Generation Z. The events that shaped this generation — social media, climate anxiety, and a pandemic — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
The biggest hits of 2000
#1 Movie
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Best Picture
Gladiator
#1 TV Show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
The world at every milestone
Y2K passes without incident; contested Bush-Gore election
Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans; YouTube launches
Edward Snowden reveals NSA surveillance programs
Donald Trump elected president; Brexit vote
Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan; Parkland shooting
January 6 Capitol breach; COVID vaccines roll out globally
She is an Indian international cricketer born in the year 2000.
She plays for the Railways domestic cricket team, a powerhouse in Indian women's cricket.
“A solid defense builds the platform for the team's victory.”