Shikha Pandey Husband, Age, Stats, Teams, Height, Twitter, Air Force

Published on: Jan 17, 2019 12:07 pm IST|Updated on: Jun 16, 2021 2:31 pm IST

Shikha Pandey, the first and only India Air Force officer to play cricket for India started playing cricket from a very young age. Surekha Bhandare the former Mumbai player and selector saw her and said: “The raw talent in her was hard to go unnoticed”.

 

Name: Shikha Pandey

Nickname: Shikha

Role: Allrounder 

Picture Source: AFP

International Debut

Test: vs England Women at Wormsley on 13-16th August 2016

ODI: vs England Women at Scarborough on 21st August 2014

T20I: vs Bangladesh Women at Cox’s Bazar on 9th March 2014

Jersey Number: #12

Major Teams: Goa Women, India Green Women, India Women, Velocity

While playing against  South Africa in the year 2014, she became the first Indian Women Cricketer who scored a half-century and 3 wickets in the same match.

Shikha Pandey
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Shikha Pandey Height

5ft 6in 

Weight (approx.): 60

Eye Colour: Black

Hair Colour: Black

Date of Birth: 12th May 1989

Shikha Pandey Age

30 Years

Birth Place: Karimnagar, Telangana 

Nationality: Indian

Zodiac sign/Sun sign: Taurus 

School: Central Board of Secondary Education 

College: Goa Engineering College 

Educational Qualifications: B.Tech in Electronics 

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Father: Subas Pandey (Teacher) 

Mother: NA

Sister: NA

Brother: NA

Marital Status: Unmarried 

Shikha Pandey Husband

Unmarried

Marriage Date: NA

Coach/Mentor: NA

Religion: Hinduism

Address: Goa, India 

Shikha Pandey air force
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Hobbies: NA

Cricketers: Shaun Pollock

She started playing cricket at the age of 5 her father brought her a cricket bat.

Later, she represents Goa at the age of 15 and became the first-ever Indian to represent the state.

She was also a bright student and had scored 90% marks in secondary board exams.

After completing her bachelor’s degree she drops a year to play cricket. In between her father recommend her to Join Air Force in which she cleared her exam and became an Air Traffic Controller at the Indian Air Force. Then the Air Force Sports Club asked her to play friendly matches.

 

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