Playing a wonderful innings against Ireland, Pratika Rawal has scored a brilliant century. She has written the script of her first international century in the third and last ODI of the series against Ireland. This century is important for her career. But, what she has done with her opening partner Smriti Mandhana is also no less a great feat. Pratika, daughter of an Indian umpire, has crossed the threshold of 100 runs in 4 out of the 6 ODI innings played since her debut along with Smriti Mandhana.
After Smriti Mandhana scored a century against Ireland, Pratika Rawal also wrote the story of her century. She completed her century in 100 balls. During the century innings, she also made a double-century partnership with Smriti Mandhana. She added 233 runs to India's scoreboard along with Smriti Mandhana, which is the biggest opening partnership between these two to date.
Pratika Rawal made her debut in the home ODI series against West Indies. Since then she has been opening the Indian innings with Smriti Mandhana. So far, both of them have opened together in 6 ODI innings, out of which they have scored fifty-plus runs in 5. In 1 of these, there was a double-century stand, which was seen in the third ODI against Ireland. At the same time, there was a century partnership in three. While in one match, both of them together scored 70 runs.
Pratika Rawal along with Smriti Mandhana made opening partnerships of 110, 110, and 22 runs in the 3 ODI series against West Indies. In the 3 ODIs against Ireland, they made opening partnerships of 70, 156 and 233 runs.
Talking about Pratika's personal life, she is a graduate in Psychology from Delhi University. Her father Pradeep Rawal is a Level 2 umpire recognized by BCCI. Pratika, who was inclined towards basketball in her childhood, has started shaking world cricket as soon as she stepped into Indian cricket. If this trend continues, then the headache of India's opponents in women's cricket is going to increase.
