Rumeli Anup Dhar (born 9 December 1983) is an Indian former

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. She appeared in four Test matches, 78

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and 18

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for

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between 2003 and 2018. She played domestic cricket for

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, Air India,

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and

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. She announced her retirement from all forms of cricket in June 2022.

Career

Rumeli Dhar made her international debut on 27 January 2003, in the 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket against

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at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. She was part of the India side that reached the final of the 2005 World Cup, and was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker at the

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. Having not played an international match since 2012, Dhar made an "unlikely" comeback to the national side in 2018, where she played her final three international matches, two against South Africa and one against Australia.

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* * 1983 births Living people Indian women cricket captains India women Test cricketers India women One Day International cricketers India women Twenty20 International cricketers Air India women cricketers Assam women cricketers Bengal women cricketers Delhi women cricketers Railways women cricketers Rajasthan women cricketers Central Zone women cricketers Cricketers from Kolkata {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub