From village girl to World Cup winner, here's the success story of Shree Charani
Updated On: 05 November, 2025 05:30 PM IST | Hyderabad | N Jagannath Das
Charani made her India debut in April this year against Sri Lanka and has since played 18 ODIs (including eight in the World Cup) and five T20Is
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India spinner Shree Charani (second from right) with her siblings Vaishnavi Charitha (left), Bharadwaj Reddy (right) and uncle Kishore Kumar Reddy at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday. Pic/By Special Arrangement
From a non-descript Erramalle village in Veerapunayuni Palli mandal, (Kadapa district) of Andhra Pradesh, to the world stage — Nallapureddy Shree Charani Reddy’s rise is the stuff of dreams. The 21-year-old left-arm spinner, once the only girl playing cricket with boys in her village, became one of India’s standout stars at the World Cup, finishing as the team’s second-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets, behind Deepti Sharma’s 22.
Charani made her India debut in April this year against Sri Lanka and has since played 18 ODIs (including eight in the World Cup) and five T20Is.
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