Karuna Vijaykumar Jain (born 9 September 1985) is an Indian former
cricket
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er who played as a
wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...
and right-handed
batter. She appeared in five
Test matches, 44
One Day Internationals
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and nine
Twenty20 Internationals
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
for
India
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between 2004 and 2014. She scored one
century and nine fifties in ODIs.
She played domestic cricket for
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
, Air India,
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...
and
Pondicherry
Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...
. She retired from cricket in July 2022.
Early life
She was born in a family that appreciates sports. Her father was a competitive
boxer and her mother played
ball badminton
Ball badminton is a sport native to India. It is a
racket game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions (12 by 24 metres) divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the c ...
.
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1985 births
Living people
Cricketers from Bangalore
Indian women cricketers
India women Test cricketers
India women One Day International cricketers
India women Twenty20 International cricketers
Karnataka women cricketers
Air India women cricketers
Nagaland women cricketers
Pondicherry women cricketers
South Zone women cricketers
Wicket-keepers
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