Rajeshwari Gayakwad is an Indian cricketer who plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler for the national team. He has represented Karnataka, Railways, Trailblazers and Supernovas in domestic cricket. It was bought by the franchise team UP Warriorz for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) season in 2023.
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Rajeshwari Shivanand Gayakwad was born on Saturday, June 1, 1991 (age 32 years; as of 2023) in Bijapur, Karnataka. His zodiac sign is Gemini. Rajeshwar belongs to a musically inclined family. His grandfather was a musician. Before he and his siblings started playing sports professionally, they were all musicians. Rajeshwari and his sisters sang while his brothers and father played various musical instruments. On weekends, his father taught all his children music lessons. However, he was an athlete since childhood and played javelin and discus, khoh-khoh and volleyball during his school days. He later developed a passion for cricket, playing cricket with his father and brothers. At the age of 16, she joined the Bijapur Women’s Cricket Club along with her sister Rameshwari Gayakwad after her father, a sports enthusiast, heard that the club was conducting a free training camp for girls. However, coming from a humble background, Rajeshwar faced a lot of difficulties early in his cricketing journey. In an interview, he spoke about the same and said:
I am from a poor family. My father was a teacher in a government primary school. When I was selected for the Karnataka team, I did not have white pants and a white shirt. My father bought a pair of second-hand trousers and had them altered. I managed to wear my school white shirt instead of a white t-shirt. When I remember those days of struggle, I must cry, tears come automatically. I faced a lot of financial problems.”
At the club, her sporting talent was recognized by Basavaraj Ijeri, the head of the Bijapur Women’s Cricket Club. Apart from Basavaraj Ijeri, Rajeshwari has received coaching from Ashok Jadhav, Salem TT, Sridhar Joshi, Kalal and AG Patel at the club. He was a fast bowler in his early years; However, Gayakwad switched to spin when his coach Ashok Jadhav insisted that he lacked the strength and height to be a fast bowler. He made it to the Karnataka state team after just two months of formal training. After being selected for the state team, he received coaching from Kalpana Venkatacharya, Shantha Rangswamy and Gayathri. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts. His father died of cardiac arrest in 2014 after his debut international series against Sri Lanka. After that he became the sole breadwinner of his family. Following his father to support the family, he joined the Indian Railways and was selected in its cricket team in 2015, after which he started living in Bengaluru. Later, he was posted in Western Railway (WR) after which he started living in WR Quarters in Matunga, Mumbai.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 3″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
His father, Shivanand Gayakwad, was a primary school teacher in a government school. He died of cardiac arrest while watching an IPL match with his daughters at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2014. Mother’s name is Savitha Gayakwad.
An old picture of Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s parents
Rajeshwari Gayakwad and sister Rameshwari Gayakwad with their father
Rajeshwar Gayakvadi with his mother
He has two brothers, Kashinath Gayakwad and Vishwanath Gayakwad, and two sisters, Rameshwari Gayakwad and Bhuvaneshwari Gayakwad. Kashinath Gayakwad is a professional tabla player who has won 3 state awards at the district level. His younger brother Vishwanath Gayakwadi is a badminton and volleyball player. His younger sister, Rameshwari Gayakwadi, is also a professional cricketer who plays for Karnataka. Bhuvaneshwar represented Karnataka state hockey team.
Rajeshwar Gayakvadi with siblings
husband and children
He is unmarried.
religion
Rajeshwari Gayakwadi follows Hinduism.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad performs Puja
Career
Domestic
He represented Karnataka and Indian Railways in domestic cricket. In the Women’s T20 Challenge (2018), the inaugural edition, Gayakwad starred for the IPL Supernovas, who won the match by 3 wickets. She was named in the IPL Trailblazers squad for the 2020 Women’s T20 Challenge, which went on to become champions of the tournament, defeating the IPL Supernovas by 16 runs in the final. In the 2022 season of the Women’s T20 Challenge, she again played for the IPL Trailblazers.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad bowling for Trailblazers
In the 2021–22 Senior Women’s Challenger Cup, she played for India D, which lost to India A in the final. He was the third highest wicket taker in the tournament with 7 dismissals. In May 2022, she was part of the Railways team that defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win the BCCI Women’s T-20 (2021–2022). In the 2022–23 Women’s Senior T20 Challenger Trophy, she played for India D, who emerged as champions, defeating India A by 7 wickets.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad as India D player poses with the Women’s Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2022
International
He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 19 January 2014. On 25 January 2014, he made his T20 debut against Sri Lanka at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Viziur3 from S10. On 16 November 2014, she made her Test debut against South Africa at the Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore during the South Africa Women’s tour of India in 2014/15. She was named in the Indian squad for the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Rajeshwar’s match-winning 5/15 helped India beat New Zealand and book a place in the semi-finals at the World Cup; Her figures were India’s best in Women’s Cricket World Cup history. However, England won the final against India at Lord’s by 9 runs.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad celebrates taking wickets during the T20I tri-series final between Australia and India in Melbourne on February 12, 2020.
She was named in the Indian squad for the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. India won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after defeating Australia by nine runs in the final of the cricket tournament.
The Indian women’s national cricket team poses with their silver medals after their nine-run defeat to Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament
Rajeshwari Gayakwad became one of the highest wicket takers in the 2022 Women’s Asia Cup 2022 with nine dismissals. India won the tournament after defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.
Indian women’s national cricket team after winning the 2022 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In February 2023, he was bought by UP Warriorz for Rs. 40 GEL for the first season of WPL.
Facts/Trivia
- Growing up, he idolized Zaheer Khan. Later, Ravindra Jadeja became his inspiration.
- In an interview, he attributed his cricketing success to his father. She said,
My father tried to play serious cricket but never got the chance to express himself. When he realized I had talent, he wanted me to get formal coaching. I used to bowl left-arm medium pace at first, but my coach told me to try orthodox left-arm spin. Within two months of official coaching, I was playing for the Karnataka state team.
- She was referred to as the uncrowned princess of Bijapur after her success in the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup.
- Although she finished as one of the top Indian performers in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, she still lived in a rented house. In an interview after the World Cup, the mother said:
We change homes all the time. My daughter is a successful international cricketer but we still don’t have a house.”
He was also awarded the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad (L) and Veda Krishnamurthy present to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) after the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017
After the World Cup, the Minister of Water Resources M.B. Patil gifted her a car worth Rs 5 lakh, which she declined, saying that her priority at the moment was to buy a house for her family. She said,
Sir, very kind of you for this gesture. But I don’t want a car; I want a house for my family which includes mother, sister and brothers. Shelter is what we need now.”
- Her jersey number for India Women and UP Warriorz is #1.
- His batting style is right-arm bat and his bowling style is slow left-arm orthodox.
- In November 2022, Sir Padampat Singhania University conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy on Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad Received Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Sir Padampat Singhania University Faculty in November 2022
- In 2022, a video in which Rajeshwari Gayakwa was seen arguing with a shopkeeper at a supermarket on Vijayapura’s Solapur Road went viral on the internet. According to reports, the cricketer had entered the shop to buy cosmetics when the heated argument turned violent. Rajeshwari argued with the shopkeeper about the price of some products and the two exchanged heated words. Soon his friends entered the shop and beat up the shop owner. However, there was no complaint from any side regarding the incident.
- He has a tattoo on his left arm.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad Tattoo
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