Shubhangi Kulkarni (born 19 July 1959) is a former

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er and one of the game's most successful administrators. She received India's highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award in 1985. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) when WCAI was merged into BCCI in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batsman. She represented

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in women's domestic cricket and made her international debut in India women's cricket team's first women's cricket series against

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in 1976. She bagged a five-wicket haul in the first innings she bowled, a feat she would repeat four more times in the nineteen tests she played in her career. Shubhangi Kulkarni played in 27 ODIs over 5 international tours: *

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(2 matches) * 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup (12 matches) * 1983/84 Australia Women in India (4 matches) * 1984/85 New Zealand Women in India (6 matches) * 1986 India Women in England (3 matches) Kulkarni captained India in three Test match (one against England and two against Australia) as well as one ODI match against England. After retirement from Test cricket in 1991, she became a cricket administrator and was the secretary of WCAI when WCAI got merged into BCCI in 2006. Currently, she part of ICC Women's Cricket Committee representing

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Living people 1959 births Maharashtra women cricketers Recipients of the Arjuna Award India women One Day International cricketers India women Test cricketers Indian cricket administrators Indian women cricket captains Indian women cricketers Cricketers from Pune Sportswomen from Maharashtra {{India-cricket-bio-1950s-stub