09/02/2023
Archana Devi is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India womenโs under-19 team. She was a part of the Indian squad that won the ICC Womenโs Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2023. She previously represented the Uttar Pradesh Womenโs team.
Archanaโs father, Shivram, died of cancer in 2008. Thereafter, Savitri Devi solely raised her three children by working as a field labourer. Later, Savitriโs maternal family gifted her a cow. Thereafter, she supplemented her income by selling the dairy products she made from her cowโs milk.
Archanaโs brother Budhiman Singh died of a snakebite in 2017. Her brother Rohit Kumar worked at a clothing factory in Kapashera Border in New Delhi, but he lost his job during the first lockdown in March 2022.
On the day her daughter plays England U19 in the World Cup finals, Savitri has gotten on with playing the courteous host to some of these same people. โNow my house is packed with guests and I donโt have enough blankets for them. The neighbours, who never drank a glass of water from my house, are now helping me,โ she says.
