Taniya Sapna Bhatia Biography: Age, Height, Early Life, Professional Life, Facts & Net Worth

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Biography

Full Name	Taniya Sapna Bhatia
Date of Birth	21st June 1998
Birthplace	Chandigarh, India
Age	23 years
Nationality	Indian
Role	Batswoman
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	–
ODI Debut	11 September 2018 vs Srilanka
T20 Debut	13 February 2018 vs South Africa
Test Debut	NA
Weight	56 kgs
Height	5’7 ft

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Early Life

Indian women cricketer, Tanya Bhatia was born on 28th November 1997 in Chandigarh, Punjab. Tanya Bhatia’s father, Sanjay Bhatia was a wicket-keeper batsman and also played at the All India University level then started working in a bank.

Taniya started playing cricket at the age of 4. Tanya’s biggest inspiration was his father himself. At a very early age, Sanjay discovered the talent in Harleen and soon started training at the cricket academy. 

Taniya wanted to continue his family legacy in cricket and started taking cricket seriously. Harleen also changed her coach for a better skills level and started training under Sukhwinder Bawa. He was a batch mate of Harleen’s father and has played cricket together.

At the DAV public school, she soon met with Yograj Singh and a former cricketer who also suggested Tanya take trails for Punjab Team.

When in doubt, chill out…😎 pic.twitter.com/APCL06psjW

— Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (@IamTaniyaBhatia) October 9, 2018

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Domestic Career

 

Taniya Bhatia at the age of 11 joined the U-19 team to represent Punjab. She was also the youngest player to ever play for Punjab domestic cricket. In 2011, she got a chance to represent the Senior Punjab team at the inter-state domestic tournament.

In 2015, Young Taniya Bhatia got a chance to captain the U-19 North Zone in the inter-zonal cricket tournament held in Guwahati. In that only match, Taniya scored a splendid 227 runs. 

Unfortunately, Tanya Bhatia got injured and was out for some time as the recovery began the youngster lost her interest in cricket altogether. However, Taniya’s mother helped her with her motivations and her family became her biggest supporter.

 

Taniya Sapna Bhatia International Career

With the early success in domestic cricket, Taniya’s dream of playing for India came against Bangladesh for India A team. In 2018, Taniya Bhatia made her comeback debuting in the Twenty20 International cricket for the Indian women vs South Africa. 

Taniya also becomes the first woman cricketer from Chandigarh to be part of the national team. In the same following year, Taniya made her first appearance in the ODI against Sri Lanka. Against Srilanka, Taniya played an outstanding inning which also got her number one choice for the Position of Wicketkeeper in the team.

With her amazing knock in the ODI series, she earned her a place in the Indian team for the ICC World T20 2018 held in West Indies. In 2020, Taniya was named to the Indian squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Australia. 

In 2021, Taniya made her into the Test squad for their match against England Women’s cricket team.

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Taniya Sapna Bhatia Singh Unknown Facts

• Taniya Bhatia is a fan of M.S Dhoni and admires England women cricketer Sarah Taylor.
• Tanya was named among the top 5 breakout stars of 2018 by ICC.
• Tanya Bhatia wears jersey No. 28 for the Indian Women Cricket team.
• Taniya Bhatia ranked 3rd for most stumping in her career at the T20 Internationals (44)

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Singh Stats

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Batting and Fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Test	2	3	66	44*	33.00	39.05	0	0	9	0
ODI	19	11	138	68	15.33	69.34	0	1	13	0
T20I	50	22	166	46	9.22	94.31	0	0	17	0

 

Taniya Sapna Bhatia Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Test	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ODI	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
T20I	50	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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