Purnima Rau was born on 30th January 1967 in the city of Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Purnima Rau is a former cricketer and was a part of the women`s cricket team. She played Test cricket (5 matches between 1993 and 1995) and ODI cricket for India (33 matches between 1993 and 2000), and also captained Air India Women`s cricket team in Indian domestic women`s cricket. Rau captained the Indian team in 3 Test matches and 8 ODI matches.
She was an all rounder and played most of her ODI innings in the middle order and also bowled right arm off-break. She also coached the young and talented women cricketer in the city of Hyderabad.
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 5 | 8 | 0 | 123 | 33 | 15.37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 33 | 27 | 3 | 516 | 67* | 21.50 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Bowling Averages
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 5 | 8 | 1164 | 319 | 15 | 5/24 | 7/98 | 21.26 | 1.64 | 77.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 33 | 33 | 1557 | 844 | 50 | 4/26/ | 4/26 | 16.88 | 3.25 | 31.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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