FULL NAME: Fula Soren
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 January 2008 (Source: Facebook)
PARENTS: Father (Suna Soren), Mother (Dage Soren)
HOME ADDRESS: Salabani, Remuna, Balasore, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two first-year Arts student of Ramadevi Womens University Bhubaneswar. Earlier studied at School for the Blind, Rani Patna, Balasore
TYPE OF PLAYER: Visually impaired right-hand batter and right-arm medium-pace bowler
CATEGORY OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: B3 (Low Vision)
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Pyari Mohan Bhuyan, Debasis Jena, Sukhram Majhi
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Balasore Blind Women, Odisha Blind Women, India Blind Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     She was part of the Balasore team that emerged champions in the 4th State Level Women Cricket Tournament for the Visually Impaired at KT Global School Ground, Khordha on 11 December 2022.

NATIONAL:
*     She was the captain of the Odisha team that emerged champions in 4th Womens National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind at Karnataka Gymkhana Ground in Hubli, Karnataka on 12 January 2024.
*     She was the captain of the Odisha team that emerged champions in the 3rd Womens National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind at Altiore Sports Green Park Ground in Bengaluru on 13 January 2023.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that finished runners-up in the 2nd Womens National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind at Altiore Sports Ground in Bengaluru on 4 March 2022.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that emerged champions in the 1st Womens National T-20 Cricket Tournament for Blind at DDA Sports Complex, New Delhi on 19 December 2019. She was also awarded as Joint Player of the Series.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was Vice-Captain of the Indian visually challenged women cricket team that created history, winning the Gold medal at the IBSA World Games in Birmingham, England on 26 August 2023.
*     Selected in the first-ever Indian Women Cricket Team for the Blind for a five-match T20 bilateral Series against Nepal to be played in Pokhara and Kathmandu from 25-30 April 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     On 8 September 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik  felicitated her with a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh for being part of the Indian womens team that won the gold medal at the IBSA World Games 2023 in Birmingham, England.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 21 January 2023
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 13 February 2024