Sneh Rana, Pratika Rawal and Renuka Singh Thakur, who were part of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 winning team, have been appointed as OSD (Officer On Special Duty) in the Sports Department. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final. However, Pratika Raval could not play in the semi-finals and final because she was injured in the last match of the league stage.
Pratika Rawal was a senior clerk in Northern Railway. In view of his excellent performance in the World Cup, the Northern Railway Sports Association had written a letter to the Railway Ministry for his promotion. Which was approved by the Railway Ministry. “On behalf of the Ministry of Railways, approval is given to Miss Pratika Rawal, Senior Clerk, Northern Railway for out-of-turn promotion to the Group ‘B’ Gazetted post of ‘Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Level 8 in the Pay Matrix (7th CPC) for her performance in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025,” the ministry said.
Pratika Raval was the fourth highest run scorer in the tournament despite not playing the semi-finals and final. He scored 308 runs in 6 innings of 7 matches at a strike rate of 77.78. She was out of the tournament before the semi-finals, Shefali Verma, who came in her place, played a match-winning innings (87) in the final. He also took 2 wickets.
Railway Board promoted Sneh Rana to Group ‘B’ Gazetted post of Officer on Special Duty (Sports) in Level 8 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix. This promotion has been given under the Out-of-Turn Promotion (OTP) scheme. Its purpose is to honor the country’s athletes for their contribution.
Indian women’s team won the first World Cup
The Indian women’s team had reached the finals twice before, but had never won the title. On November 2, 2025, Team India won its first World Cup title by defeating South Africa in the final. Batting first, Team India had scored 298 runs, in reply South Africa was limited to 246 runs. The player of the match of the final was Shefali Verma, who scored 87 runs and took 2 wickets. Deepti Sharma received the award for the best player of the tournament.
