Diana Edulji does not smoke. |
It is not known if Diana Edulji drinks alcohol. |
She showed an interest in sports from a young age. |
Initially, she played basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, then transitioned to cricket. |
After impressing at a cricket camp by Lala Amarnath, she played for Railways and later the Indian national cricket team. |
Diana is a former India captain who played from 1976 to 1993, featuring in 20 Tests and 34 ODIs. |
During her international career, she lost four front teeth while playing for India. |
Post-retirement, she served as a senior sports officer in Western Railway and held roles in BCCI's women's committee. |
Diana was the Indian women's team manager in 2009 and was the first woman cricketer to receive the Arjuna award (1983) and Padma Shri (2002). |
She was part of the Supreme Court-appointed panel to oversee BCCI affairs in 2017, along with Vinod Rai, Vikram Limaye, and Ramachandra Guha. |
Diana Edulji was honored in the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on 13 November 2023, the first Indian woman cricketer to achieve this milestone. |