Kranti Gaud
Indian cricketer (born 2003)
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Kranti Gaud (born 11 August 2003) is an Indian international cricketer. She represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League.[1] Gaud was a part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.
Ghuwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
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| Born | 11 August 2003 Ghuwara, Madhya Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 96) | 6 March 2026 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 156) | 11 May 2025 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 November 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 88) | 12 July 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 December 2025 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | UP Warriorz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Domestic career
Gaud plays domestic cricket for Madhya Pradesh women's cricket team.[2] She took 4 wickets in the final of the 2024–25 Senior Women's One Day Trophy against Bengal.[2] She also played for Madhya Pradesh Under-23 team.[2]
In the third WPL auction in December 2024, Gaud was purchased by the UP Warriorz for ₹10 lakh.[2] Her first WPL wicket came against Delhi Capitals on 22 February, when she clean-bowled DC captain Meg Lanning.[3] In this fixture, she became the second youngest player to take a four-wicket haul in the WPL, after Issy Wong in 2023.[4][5]
International career
In April 2025, Gaud was selected in the national team as a replacement player for Kashvee Gautam in the Sri Lanka Tri-Nation Series.[6][7][8] She made her ODI debut in the final of the Tri-Series, on 11 May against hosts Sri Lanka.[9] She was later named in the ODI and T20I squads for the away series against England.[10][11][12] Gaud made her T20I debut in that series, on 12 July.[13][14] In the third and final ODI, with the series level at 1–1, played in Chester-le-Street, she claimed her first five-wicket haul, helping India win by 13 runs.[15][16] She returned figures of 6/52, and at 21 years and 345 days, became the youngest India player to take a five-for in a women's ODI, surpassing Jhulan Goswami's record.[17]
After consistent performances, Gaud was named in the squad for the 2025 World Cup.[18] On 5 October, in India's group stage fixture against Pakistan in Colombo, she claimed three wickets and helped her team win by 88 runs. She was the Player of the Match.[19]
In a one-off Test match against England at Lord's, Gaud took a five-wicket haul in England's first innings, ending with figures of 5/37. With this spell, she became the first woman to get a Test match 5-wicket haul at Lord's.[20][21] Gaud went on to take two further wickets in England's second innings, as India won the Test match by 270 runs. She was later adjudged to be the player of the match.[22]