Veda Krishnamurthy

Veda Krishnamurthy
Personal information
Full name Veda Krishnamurthy
Born (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992
Kadur, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka, India
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Batting Right-hand batswoman
Bowling Right-arm Legbreak
Role Batswoman
International information
National side
ODI debut 30 June 2011 v England
Last ODI 12 April 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 79
T20I debut 11 June 2011 v Australia
Last T20I 25 September 2018 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no. 79
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009-2014 Karnataka (squad no. 79)
2015-present Railways (squad no. 79)
2018-present Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 43 38
Runs scored 787 507
Batting average 29.14 18.10
100s/50s -/8 0/1
Top score 71 50
Balls bowled 114 12
Wickets 3 -
Bowling average 22.00 -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling 2/13 n/a
Catches/stumpings 16/1 14/-
Source: ESPNcricnfo, 25 September 2018

Veda Krishnamurthy (born 16 October 1992 in Kadur, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer.[1][2] She made her debut in international cricket in a one day international against England Women at Derby on 30 June 2011.[3] She is a right-handed batswoman and bowls right-arm legbreak.[4][5]

Early life

Veda is the youngest of four siblings in her family. She obtained a double black belt at the age of 12. She is the youngest daughter of a cable operator and her father moved from a small town in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru to Bengaluru to help realise her daughter’s dream of playing for the country one day. [6][7]

She started her formal cricket training in the Karnataka Institute of Cricket in 2005 when she was 13 years.[8] When Mithali Raj was felicitated at her school when she was 12, that was when she started playing cricket. Raj was her Idol and she later went on to play in the same team, both domestic and National Team[9]

Cricket career

In November 2015, she was named in B-grade contract list, this was first time BCCI offered contracts to women players.[10]

Domestic career

Karnataka State Cricket Association hosted their first-ever Twenty20 exhibition match between a KSCA President’s XI and a KSCA Secretary’s XI and Veda was chosen to lead the President’s XI.[11][12] In October 2017, She was signed by the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season.[13]

International career

Krishnamurthy was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[14][15][16]

She is the third cricketer from India to play in the Big Bash. Krishnamurthy secured a deal with the Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) for the third season of the WBBL. She’ll be joining the duo of Hayley Matthews and Lauren Winfield .[17]

In February 2018, she became the youngest player for India Women to score 1,000 runs in WODIs, during the third WODI against South Africa.[18]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup 2017: Veda Krishnamurthy a threat for bowlers despite rusty form".
  2. ↑ "Karnataka's small-town girls turn stars on world cricket stage".
  3. ↑ Krishnamurthy, Bisht in quadrangular sqaud
  4. ↑ India v England
  5. ↑ Veda Krishnamurthy looks forward to England experience
  6. ↑ Rajdeep Puri (20 Jul 2017). "My mother encouraged me to play 'boys' sports, says Veda Krishnamurthy". Retrieved 21 Jul 2017.
  7. ↑ "My mother encouraged me to play 'boys' sports, says Veda Krishnamurthy". 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. ↑ "India respond to captain Raj's rallying call". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  9. ↑ Mukherjee, Abhishek (2016-12-03). "Mithali Raj: The legend a nation never cared for". Cricket Country. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  10. ↑ PTI (10 November 2015). "Rahane gets Grade A contract, Raina demoted to Grade B". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  11. ↑ IBTimes. "Karnataka takes first step towards Women's IPL; here's how". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  12. ↑ "India is ready for Women's IPL, says Shantha Rangaswamy - CricTracker". CricTracker. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  13. ↑ "Krishnamurthy signs with Hobart Hurricanes for WBBL". EspnCricinfo. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  14. ↑ Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, 23 Jul, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  15. ↑ World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  16. ↑ England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Cricket: News". cricket.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  18. ↑ "Du Preez, Wolvaardt, Ismail deny India ODI whitewash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  19. ↑ "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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