Nilima Jogalekar (born 1 July 1961) is an Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. She played as a wicket-keeper and a middle-order batsman. She represented Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket, making her international debut in the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup as Nilima Barve (her maiden name).

Career

Nilima Jogalekar played 6

Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (association football) ...

and 20 ODI matches spread over seven years and four international series. She played in the following series: * 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup (1 ODI) * 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup (12 ODIs) * 1983/84 Australia Women in India (4 ODIs and 4 Test matches) * 1984/85 New Zealand Women in India (3 ODIs and 2 Test matches) Nilima Jogalekar captained India in one Test match (against New Zealand) when she stood in for

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. In 2016, Jogalekar was felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on the occasion of India playing its 500th Test against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium. Among other women captions to be honoured were

, Promila Rao and

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