Shweta Sehrawat

Sehrawat first played for Delhi women's under-19 team in October 2018.{{Cite web |title=Match scorecard |url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results1.cgi |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=CricketArchive}} She made her domestic cricket debut for Delhi women in March 2021. On 17 March, she achieved her maiden List-A hundred, with a score of 118 against Meghalaya women.{{Cite web |last=Ballal |first=Juili |date=2021-03-18 |title=Day 7: Karnataka’s Veda Krishnamurthy and Delhi’s Shweta Sehrawat scores CENTURY in Senior One Day |url=https://femalecricket.com/womens-senior-one-day-trophy-2020-21/16571-day-7-karnatakas-veda-krishnamurthy-and-delhis-shweta-sehrawat-scores-century-in-senior-one-day.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Female Cricket |language=en-US}}

In May 2021, she informed National Cricket Academy (NCA) chief VVS Laxman that she would not be able to attend the camp due to her 12th board examinations. She drafted an email and sent it to the authorities, requesting them to allow her to attend the second half of the camp. Laxman approved her request to attend the camp after her examinations. She scored a century in the second match of the camp, which led to her being selected for the C team in NCA Under-19 zonal competition. She scored two hundreds in six matches in the competition.{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Pratyush |date=2023-01-14 |title=Shweta Sehrawat: VVS Laxman coaxed her to attend U-19 trials; slams breathtaking 92* against South Africa in U-19 world cup |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shweta-sehrawat-vvs-laxman-coaxed-her-to-attend-u-19-trials-world-cup-8382227/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Shweta Sehrawat smashes a brilliant 100 in the NCA U19 Women’s One Day Tournament’22 |url=https://zoomcricket.in/match-reports/shweta-sehrawat-smashes-a-brilliant-100-in-the-nca-u19-womens-one-day-tournament22/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |language=en}}

Sehrawat made her Women's Twenty20 debut in April 2022. She scored her maiden Women's T20 fifty, with a 43-ball 60 against Manipur in October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Match scorecard |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1229/1229677.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=CricketArchive}} In November 2022, she led India B team to the title in the Women's Under-19 Challenger Trophy.{{Cite web |title=Match scorecard |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1192/1192777.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=CricketArchive}} She was also the top-scorer of the tournament, with 163 runs at an average of 40.75.{{Cite web |last=Kishore |first=Shashank |title=Sehrawat named India U-19 Women's captain for New Zealand T20s |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shweta-sehrawat-named-india-u-19-women-s-captain-for-t20-series-against-new-zealand-1345621 |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} In the same month, She also captained India A team to the title in Women's Under-19 quadrangular series which also featured India B, Sri Lanka Under-19 and West Indies Under-19.{{Cite web |title=THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/quadrangular-womens-u19-t20-series-2022-23/match/7 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=www.bcci.tv |language=en}} She was the leading run-scorer with 164 runs, and her strike-rate of 151.85 was the highest in the quadrangular series. She was then selected to captain the India women's under-19 team in a five-match T20 series against New Zealand women's under-19 team. She led the team to a 5–0 series win.{{Cite web |last=Shetty |first=Neha |date=2023-01-14 |title=Who is Shweta Sehrawat - India U19 Women's Cricket Team |url=https://femalecricket.com/u19-worldcup-2023/player-list/29112-who-is-shweta-sehrawat-india-u19-womens-cricket-team.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Female Cricket |language=en-US}}

In December 2022, Sehrawat was selected as the vice-captain of the Indian squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. In India's inaugural match of the tournament, she scored 57-ball 92* against South Africa, which included 20 fours. This led India to a win by 21 balls remaining, with Sehrawat named as Player of the Match.{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Sehrawat stars for India with 92*, Bangladesh stun Australia |url=https://scroll.in/field/1041876/icc-under19-womens-t20-world-cup-sehrawat-stars-for-india-with-92-bangladesh-stun-australia |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}} She became the first Indian to score a fifty in the ICC Women's Under-19 World Cup. During the innings, the captain Shafali Verma provided her regular advice, batting from the other end. At the conclusion of the match, Sehrawat described this innings as her "best ever T20 knock".{{Cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=Women's U19 World Cup: Shafali, Shweta slay South Africa - Highlights |url=https://thebridge.in/women-cricket/u19-world-cup-live-india-south-africa-updates-results-scores-blog-38746 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}

Sehrawat was coached by Dipti Dhyani, a former Indian women's cricketer, at Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi.{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Pratyush |date=2023-01-14 |title=Shweta Sehrawat: VVS Laxman coaxed her to attend U-19 trials; slams breathtaking 92* against South Africa in U-19 world cup |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shweta-sehrawat-vvs-laxman-coaxed-her-to-attend-u-19-trials-world-cup-8382227/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Dipti Dhyani profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/dipti-dhyani-263974 |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} Dhyani described Sehrawat as a bottom-handed player who is good at using her feet and playing spin.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=Shweta Sehrawat: VVS Laxman coaxed her to attend U-19 trials; slams breathtaking 92* against South Africa in U-19 world cup |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shweta-sehrawat-vvs-laxman-coaxed-her-to-attend-u-19-trials-world-cup-8382227/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} Mignon du Preez said that her playing style is similar to Harmanpreet Kaur's.

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