Kranti Gaud’s Personal Details:
Name – Kranti Gaud
Date of Birth – 11 August 2003
Batting Style – Right-handed
Bowling Style – Right-arm fast-medium
Role – Pace bowler
Kranti Gaud’s cricketing path traces back to Ghuwara in Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, where tennis-ball games first fed her love of pace. The youngest of six, she navigated financial setbacks at home and trained under local coaches who backed her raw speed and work ethic, shaping a skiddy new-ball seamer with a simple brief—run fast, bowl quick.
The WPL Breakthrough
Her rise gathered pace in the Madhya Pradesh system. In 2024–25 she helped MP lift the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy, taking 4/25 in the final, and earned notice for consistent List-A returns. Those domestic performances took her into the WPL spotlight when UP Warriorz signed her at the December 2024 auction for ₹10 lakh. She struck early in 2025 with a four-wicket haul versus Delhi Capitals—her first WPL wicket was of the Australian legend, Meg Lanning—and became the second youngest to claim a four-for in the league.
Kranti Gaud’s International Career
Gaud’s international career accelerated in 2025 with an ODI debut coming on 11 May against Sri Lanka. Across 4 ODIs she has 9 wickets at 17.55, with the best of 6/52. That six-for at Chester-le-Street sealed a 13-run win and the series for India and made her one of India’s youngest women to take an ODI five-for.
The 2025 Women’s World Cup will be Gaud’s first global tournament. Representing India’s new wave of fast bowling, she arrives as a high-impact seamer whose hard lengths and inswing can tilt games in the powerplay—and whose composure under pressure suggests an emerging finisher with the ball on the biggest stage.
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