Gongadi Trisha

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 2005)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gongadi Trisha

| female = true

| full_name = Gongadi Trisha

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|12|15|df=y}}

| height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

| birth_place = Bhadrachalam, Telangana, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg break

| role = All-rounder

| club1 = Hyderabad

| year1 = {{nowrap|2017–present}}

| columns = 2

| hidedeliveries =

| column1 = LA

| matches1 = 20

| runs1 = 370

| bat avg1 = 20.55

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 69

| deliveries1 = 1,094

| wickets1 = 17

| bowl avg1 = 25.82

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/17

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| column2 = T20

| matches2 = 21

| runs2 = 335

| bat avg2 = 22.33

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 56*

| deliveries2 = 406

| wickets2 = 16

| bowl avg2 = 21.81

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/10

| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

| date = 31 January 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1255483.html ESPNcricinfo

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's cricket}}

{{MedalCountry |{{IND}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|U19 World Cup}}

{{Medal|1st|2023 South Africa|}}

{{Medal|1st|2025 Malaysia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|U19 Asia Cup}}

{{Medal|1st|2024 Malaysia|}}

}}

Gongadi Trisha (born 15 December 2005) is an Indian cricketer. An all-rounder, she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm leg breaks. She was a part of the India teams that won the inaugural and second edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gongadi-trisha-1255483|title=Player Profile: Gongadi Trisha |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1780/1780467/1780467.html|title=Player Profile: Gongadi Trisha |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 January 2023}}

Trisha created history by scoring a century in the 2025 Women's U19 T20 World Cup and became the first centurion in the history of Women's U19 T20 World Cup.{{cite news |title=India’s Gongadi Trisha hits historic first-ever century in U19 Women’s T20 World Cup |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/cricket-u19-womens-t20-world-cup-gongadi-trisha-century-india-vs-scotland-2671259-2025-01-28 |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=India Today |date=28 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128160103/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/cricket-u19-womens-t20-world-cup-gongadi-trisha-century-india-vs-scotland-2671259-2025-01-28 |archive-date=28 January 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=ICC Women’s Under-19 Twenty20 World Cup: India under-19 women vs Scotland under-19 women; Trisha Gongadi scores first-ever century in women’s U-19 T20 World Cup history |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/icc-womens-under-19-t20-world-cup-india-vs-scotland/article69150186.ece |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=28 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128160724/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/icc-womens-under-19-t20-world-cup-india-vs-scotland/article69150186.ece |archive-date=28 January 2025 |language=en-IN}}

Early life

Trisha was born in Bhadrachalam, Telangana.{{Cite web |title=Breaking the barriers of the 'gentleman's game' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/aug/28/breaking-the-barriers-of-the-gentlemans-game-2492252.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The New Indian Express}} Her father, who worked as a fitness trainer in a private company, recognized her talent and encouraged her to play cricket regularly, and left his job and moved to Secunderabad from Bhadrachalam to train his daughter in cricket. At seven years old, Trisha was admitted to the St John's Cricket Academy.{{Cite web |last=Chronicle |first=Deccan |date=2022-11-20 |title=Bhadradri student Trisha figures in India's Under-19 T-20 team |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/201122/bhadradri-student-trisha-figures-in-indias-under-19-t-20-team.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}

Career

After playing for Hyderabad and South Zone age group teams, Trisha made her debut for Hyderabad in the 2017–18 Senior Women's T20 League.{{Cite interview|interviewer=Annesha Ghosh|first=Gongadi|last=Trisha|title=Hyderabad prodigy G Trisha hopes to live her father's dreams at the U-19 World Cup |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-under-19-world-cup-hyderabad-prodigy-g-trisha-hopes-to-live-her-fathers-dreams-in-south-africa-1353517 |access-date=2023-01-30 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} She represented India B in the 2021–22 U19 Women's Cricket Challengers, as well as the 2021–22 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

In January 2023, Trisha played for India at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.{{Cite web |last=D'Cunha |first=Zenia |title=Indian cricket: Prodigiously talented, G Trisha continues to make the right moves |url=https://scroll.in/field/1010263/indian-cricket-prodigiously-talented-g-trisha-continues-to-make-the-right-moves |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Landmark day for women's U19 cricket: India head coach Dravid on T20 World Cup win |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/landmark-day-for-womens-u19-cricket-india-head-coach-dravid-on-t20-world-cup-win20230130085919/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=ANI News |language=en}} In the final of the tournament, she top-scored with 24 as her side won by 7 wickets.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=India trumps England to win first Women's U19 T20 World Cup |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/story/india-trumps-england-to-win-first-womens-u19-t20-world-cup-368015-2023-01-29 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Business Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=Jan 29, 2023 |title=India clinch inaugural ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup with crushing victory over England. Cricket News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/india-clinch-inaugural-icc-womens-u19-t20-world-cup-with-crushing-victory-over-england/articleshow/97421556.cms |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

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