Soumya Tiwari is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women’s under-19 team, primarily as a batting all-rounder. Right-handed batsman and right-arm all-rounder Soumya Tiwary was part of the Indian team that defeated England Women in the final to win the inaugural Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup on 29 January 2023.
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Soumya Manish Tiwari was born on Friday, March 11, 2005 (age 18 years; as of 2023) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Pisces. From 2023, Soumya is pursuing her 12th standard at St. Joseph’s Co-Ed School, Bhopal. Prone to sports from a young age, Soumya grew up playing cricket with a tapi tapki (a wooden stick for washing clothes under the tap) and paper balls. Living in a joint family in Shahjahanabad Residency in Old Bhopal, Soumya often watched cricket on TV as a child. Soon the taap tapki was replaced with a plastic bat and Soumya started playing mohalla cricket with her local boys. According to her father, Soumya used to come home many times and complain about the boys who refused to join her team. Later, her family moved to Gautam Nagar, New Bhopal, where Soumya started playing cricket on the ground. After noticing his passion for the sport, his elder sister took him to the Arera Cricket Academy at the Old Campion ground in Bhopal for coaching. The academy’s cricket coach, Suresh Chainan, wary of the girls’ studies, refused to train Soumya. Frustrated by the coach’s rejection, Sumia cried continuously for two days and then again went to the academy and asked the coach to accept her. Finally, the coach agreed to train during the summer break. Soumya was 11 years old at that time. The coach initially trained Soumya as a spinner before training him to bat.
Soumya Tiwary during practice at Arera Cricket Academy
Meanwhile, an inter-club match was organized at the academy where Soumya got a chance to showcase her fielding skills. He played very well in the match, taking two catches in the game. For the first three years, Soumya trained with the boys at the academy. He eventually caught the attention of the state selectors, who drafted him into the Madhya Pradesh Under-23 team at the age of 13.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 3″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
Soumya Tiwari’s father, Manish Tiwari, is a state government employee working as an election supervisor in the Bhopal Collectorate. His father played local division cricket in his youth. Soumya’s mother Bharti Tiwari is a housewife. He has an elder sister, Sakshi Tiwari.
Sumia Tovar and her family
Cricket
Domestic
Soumya Tiwary started playing Madhya Pradesh women’s age group cricket at the age of 13. Before being selected for the state under-19 team, Tiwari went for trials conducted by the senior division in Bhopal. Tiwar played his first cricket tournament in Gwalior. Soumya also captained the Madhya Pradesh women’s under-16 team for a short period. In 2020-2021, Soumya played in the Madhya Pradesh Women’s Senior Challenger tournament. He played in two Challenger tournaments for the Madhya Pradesh U19 team. In 2022, Soumya was part of the Madhya Pradesh U19 Women’s team that won the T20 domestic tournament. He captained Madhya Pradesh U19 team in ZCA and Challenger Trophy matches.
International
In 2022, Soumya Tiwari was named in the India A women’s team for the quadrilateral series, which also featured India B, West Indies and Sri Lanka. Soumya was the only player from Madhya Pradesh to make it to the series. In 2023, Soumya was named in the Indian U19 squad to represent India in the Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup. He was appointed vice-captain of the team. During the tournament, he scored an unbeaten 28 off 15 balls against Sri Lanka. Tiwary scored 22 runs for New Zealand in the semi-final. Chasing the 69-run target set by England in the final, India’s opening batsmen Shefali Verma and Shweta Sehrawat lost early wickets. It was Soumya who scored the winning runs for India, scoring 24 runs off 37 balls. Soumya’s partnership with Gongadi Trisha put up a partnership of 46 runs.
Indian Women’s Under-19 Team after winning the U-19 U-20 Women’s World Cup
the chosen ones
Facts/Trivia
- In her spare time, Sumia likes to sketch and paint. He also loves to write and keeps a personal diary in which he records everything he does on the cricket field.
- Soumya admires Indian cricketer Virat Kohli so much that her teammates often call her ‘Apni Virat’ and ‘VK’. He has various posters of Virat in his room. Tiwari is also a big fan of Indian cricketer Smriti Mandana.
- In 2022, Soumya won the state’s best female cricketer award.
Soumya Tiwari receives the award
- Soumya is very particular about her fitness and follows a strict training regime. He practices for about 40 minutes before going on the field to play.
- In an interview, recalling the old incident, Soumya’s coach Suresh Chainan said:
We were playing a club tournament and Soumya was the only girl in our team. We sat first and after the first inning the organizer told us that the girl will not be able to play in the tournament. I protested as they allowed in the first turn but gave up after our batting as Soumya had made a name for himself as a spinner in the local circuit. He came to me and said that he will sit out because his team should not be disqualified and should win. We won the match but his team spirit told us about his love of winning.
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