Tejal Hasabnis, a Hindu by religion is an Indian batting all-rounder who recently made her ODI debut for India against New Zealand, find out more about her below
Tejal Hasabnis and Saima Thakor got the chance to make their ODI debuts as India managed to beat New Zealand by 59 runs.
Who is India woman cricketer Tejal Hasabnis, biography, age, parents, hometown birth place, religion, current teams and stats
The recent match between India and New Zealand featured Mandhana as the stand-in captain with Harmanpreet Kaur ruled out. The series marks the start of preparations for both teams as they prepare for the 2025 Womenโs ODI World Cup.
Tejal Hasabnis bio
Tejal Sanjay Hasabnis is an Indian cricketer who was born on August 16, 1997, in Pune, India in a Hindu family. She currently plays for Maharashtra and the West Zone at the domestic level. Back in January 2019, Tejal joined the India Green team for the 2018/19 Senior Women’s Challenger Trophy. She is currently 27 years old, and plays as a middle-order batter for Marashtra and West Zone.
Tejal’s father Sanjay Hasabnis is a banker by profession and used to take her to practice every morning until it was over and then dropped her to school while her mother Anagha works in an architecture firm.
Born August 16, 1997 (27 years), Birth Place: Pune, Maharashtra, Role: Batsman, Batting Style: Right Handed Bat
Career and stats
Throughout her career Tejal Hasabnis has so far played 3 First-class matches, 22 limited-overs games. She has also played 22 Womenโs T20 matches, as such, her call-up to the national side came as unsurprising. She recently gained prominence following her consistent performances during India A Womenโs recent tour of Australia back in August 2024. Tejal scored 166 runs in just 3 matches, with an impressive average of 55.33 and a strike rate of 75.79.
India vs New Zealand playing XI
Given below are the squads for both teams that played in the recent match:
India
Smriti Mandhana (captain), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Saima Thakor, Shafali Verma, and Tejal Hasabnis.
New Zealand
Sophie Devine (captain), Izabelle Gaze (wicketkeeper), Amelia Kerr, Brooke Halliday, Eden Carson, Georgia Plimmer, Jess Kerr, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Molly Penfold, and Suzie Bates.
Tejal Hasabnis has an Instagram account with the handle @tejalhasabnis_official16, where she has over 12.2K followers, and about 103 posts.