Anju Jain

Anju Jain (born 11 August 1974, in New Delhi) is a former Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (8 matches between 1995 and 2003) and ODI cricket (65 matches between 1993 and 2005) for India. She was the team wicket-keeper.

Anju Jain
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Arjuna Award -2005 to Anju Jain in 2006
Personal information
Full nameAnju Jain
Born (1974-08-11) 11 August 1974
Delhi, India
BattingRight-hand batswoman
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 41)February 7 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 38)July 20 1993 v West Indies
Last ODIApril 10 2005 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI
Matches 8 65
Runs scored 441 1729
Batting average 36.75 29.81
100s/50s 1/3 0/12
Top score 110 90
Catches/stumpings 18/8 30/51
Source: cricinfo, 29 April 2020

She captained the Indian team in 8 ODI matches, all during the 2000 Cricinfo Women's Cricket World Cup where India advanced to the semi-finals before losing to New Zealand.

She played for Air India women's cricket team in the Indian women's domestic league. The only player to have played for consecutive four world cups. Her 81 dismissals behind the wicket stands in the fourth position in terms of all-time dismissals by wicket-keepers from all countries. Jain also holds the record for playing the most number of Women's One Dayers by keeping wicket and by opening the batting as captain(7)[1]

Anju received the Arjuna Award in 2005 for her sporting achievements from then President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, hence been declared the best sportsperson of the year in Cricket.

Coaching career

She has been a coach associated with the development of youth and women's cricketers of Andhra Pradesh. She has also been a coach to Odisha, Tripura and Assam as well as for the Indian side. Currently, she is the head coach of Bangladesh Women Cricket Team.[2]

Women's International Centuries

Women's Test Centuries
Anju Jain's Test centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 110 2  England Kolkata, India Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground[3] 1995

References
  1. "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. "India's Jain set to become Bangladesh women's cricket team head coach". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2017.


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