Karuna Jain, full name Karuna Vijaykumar Jain, is a former Indian women’s cricketer and multiple record holder, know the age, stats, state, brother and retirement of the cricketer
The 36-year-old veteran wicketkeeper-batter recently announced her retirement from all forms of cricket on Sunday, July 24, 2020.
Cricketer Karuna Jain Biography, Age, Husband, Brother Name, Career Stats, Runs, State And Retirement News
Karuna played for India between 2004 and 2014, featuring in five Test matches, 44 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and nine Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Altogether, she amassed a total of 195 runs in ODIs, 987 runs in Tests and 9 runs in T20Is.
When she was 12, her brother – a former league cricketer – introduced her to cricket. “I would go to his school and college matches,” she had said when talking about how she took up the game.
“My family being the biggest support and my brother being a cricketer himself made it easy and challenging for me to adopt the game and deliver the best in every time I stepped onto the grounds. I could continue to play the sport and contribute for a very long time because of unflinching support and sacrifices done by them,” the player from Bengaluru said as she annnounced her retirement.
🇮🇳 44 ODIs, 5 Tests, 9 T20Is
💯 One century, 9 fifties
🧤 50 catches, 37 stumpingsIndia's Karuna Jain announces retirement 👇
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 24, 2022
A tribute to one of India's finest cricketers 🙌
Thank you for the memories, Karuna Jain. pic.twitter.com/GbfJyexOdT
— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) July 24, 2022
Karuna Jain Brief Bio, Age, Height, Career, Records, Stats Overview
Karuna Jain has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket. The wicketkeeper represented India in 5 Tests, 44 ODIs and 9 T20Is.https://t.co/E0SxqRftq0 pic.twitter.com/4kKocsN0e7
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) July 24, 2022
India cricketer Karuna Jain expresses heartfelt gratitude to family, friends, administrators on her retirement. pic.twitter.com/otnSS4PsZY
— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) July 24, 2022
Besides her impressive career run total, Karuna Jain also has 17 dismissals under her name in women’s tests, from behind the stumps. Let’s take a look at Karuna Jain’s brief bio.
Karuna Jain brief bio
Karuna Jain, whose full name is Karuna Vijaykumar Jain, was born on September 09, 1985, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She is currently 36 years and 319 days old and stands at 5 feet 6 inches.
Karuna, also known as Karu Jain, is a right-handed batter and wicketkeeper. Throughout her career, she has played for the Indian Women’s team, the Karnataka Women’s team, and the South Zone Women’s team.
Career overview
Karuna Jain made her debut in 2004 in an impressive manner against the West Indies, where she scored 68 not out. With this, she was just the fifth Indian woman who managed to make a fifty in an ODI debut.
The following year, Jain was part of the 2005 Women’s World Cup squad as a back-up wicketkeeper. India finished runners-up that year.
Later that same year, Karuna helped India beat England in a 4-1 series. She scored a century in the final game of that series, which was one of her career highlights.
During that time, only Mithali Raj had scored a hundred in women’s cricket, making her the second youngest Indian woman. Karuna also captained a Young India side while on a tour to Pakistan between those two senior events.
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| Test debut (cap 65) | 21 November 2005 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 August 2014 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 75) | 6 March 2004 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 August 2014 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 46) | 28 January 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 2 April 2014 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02 | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002/03–2004/05 | Air India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2017/18 | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19 | Nagaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–2021/22 | Puducherry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The end of a successful career
Jain peaked her career when she got to play in the Women’s World Cup in 2013 and the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2014. Throughout her career, she represented Team India in 44 ODIs, 5 Tests, and 9 T20Is from 2004 to 2014.
In the women’s ODIs, she finished with an impressive third-highest number of dismissals – 58 – for an Indian wicketkeeper.
Karuna Jain Top Career Records
Karuna Jain won several records in her career; here is a look at some of her top career records:
Women’s Test matches
- 10th Most dismissals in career (17)
- 8th Most catches in career (14)
Women’s One-Day Internationals
- 5th Most dismissals in an innings (5)
- 1st Most stumpings in an innings (5)
- 200 runs and 10 wicketkeeping dismissals in a series
Women’s Twenty20 Internationals
- 6th Most dismissals in an innings (4)
- 1st Most stumpings in an innings (4)
Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| WTEST | 5 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 40 | 21.66 | 587 | 33.21 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| WODI | 44 | 40 | 6 | 987 | 103 | 29.02 | 1921 | 51.37 | 1 | 9 | 114 | 0 | 32 | 26 |
| WT20I | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8* | 4.50 | 21 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| WTEST | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WODI | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WT20I | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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