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Karuna Jain
Personal information
Full name
Karuna Jain
Born (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 39)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 65)21 November 2005 v England
Last Test13 August 2014 v England
ODI debut (cap 75)6 March 2004 v West Indies
Last ODI23 August 2014 v England
T20I debut (cap 46)28 January 2014 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I2 April 2014 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02Karnataka
2002/03–2004/05Air India
2006/07–2017/18Karnataka
2018/19Nagaland
2019/20–2021/22Pondicherry
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 5 44 9 197
Runs scored 195 987 9 5,645
Batting average 21.66 29.02 4.50 35.72
100s/50s 0/0 1/9 0/0 5/42
Top score 40 103 8* 126*
Balls bowled 298
Wickets 6
Bowling average 26.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/10
Catches/stumpings 14/3 32/26 4/8 144/101
Source: CricketArchive, 25 July 2022

Karuna "Karu" Jain (born 9 September 1985) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in five Test matches, 44 One Day Internationals and nine Twenty20 Internationals for India from 2004 to 2014. She scored one century and nine fifties in ODIs.[1] She played domestic cricket for Karnataka, Air India, Nagaland and Pondicherry.[2] She retired from cricket in July 2022.[3]

Early life

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She was born in a family that appreciates sports. Her father was a competitive boxer and her mother played ball badminton.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Karu Jain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Karu Jain". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Karuna Jain retires from all forms of cricket". Women's CricZone. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Karuna Jain - Flight of a batswoman". 26 February 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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