Ravi Venkateswarlu Kalpana (born 5 May 1996) is an Indian cricketer. She started her national-level career as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter in the India women's national cricket team.

Personal life

Her father is an auto rickshaw driver and Kalpana struggled to convince her parents to not get her married off at an early age: "My most memorable win is so far to convince my family and stop my marriage which could have happened almost abruptly", she said.

Ravi Kalpana

Kalpana works for Indian Railways, and lives in Vijayawada. She has B.Com. degree from Nalanda Degree College in Vijayawada.

Ravi Kalpana

Career

She started her career by playing for the state team with an allowance of Rs 4000 from the Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association (APCA).

Ravi Kalpana

She was initially a part of South Zone division for the Under 16 team. In 2011, she moved on to play for the Under 19 team and then for India Green Team in 2012, to Senior South Zone team in 2014. She was then selected for the Indian Women's Cricket Team in 2015. It was then that she made her international debut in 2015 against New Zealand.

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1996 births

Living people

Indian women cricketers

India women One Day International cricketers

Andhra women cricketers

Cricketers from Andhra Pradesh

IPL Trailblazers cricketers

People from Krishna district