Cricketer Kiran Prabhu Navgire Biography, Age, Height, Hometown, Family, Career, Batting Stats, Photo

Kiran Prabhu Navgire (born May 1995 in Solapur, Maharashtra) is a cricketer from India, know her age, height and biography

She now plays for the Nagaland women’s team. In 2022, she set the record for the highest individual score in the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy with an undefeated 162 for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh.

Cricketer Kiran Prabhu Navgire Biography, Age, Height, Hometown, Family, Career, Batting Stats And  Photo

Family and Early Life

Kiran Navgire is the daughter of a farmer and a housewife. She has two brothers. She began her sports career before pursuing a career as a cricketer. Born in 1995, she is aged 26 years and has a height between 5 feet 6 inches.

She began playing cricket during her undergraduate studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University. She played for the university cricket team without any official training from 2013–14 to 2015–16. She had also competed for Pune University in the javelin throw, shot put, and 100 metres. Her official schooling began at the Azam Campus in Pune, where she pursued a two-year study in physical education.

Career So Far

In the 2018–19 Senior Women’s One Day League, she debuted for Maharashtra. After not getting enough opportunities in the Maharashtra squad, she opted to play for Nagaland as a guest player in the 2021-22 Women’s Senior T20 Trophy.

On 15 April 2022, she became the first Indian male or woman to achieve 150+ runs in a Twenty20 innings while playing for Nagaland versus Arunachal Pradesh at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

She was named to the Velocity squad in preparation for the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge.

RECENT MATCHES – PLAYER

‘Cracking Debut’: Kiran Navgire Breaks Women’s T20 Challenge Fastest Fifty Record

Kiran Navgire Breaks Women’s T20 Challenge Fastest Fifty. Navgire’s fireworks display in Pune also ignited social media. People praised the energetic batter, whether they were cricket fans or previous players.

On Thursday night, a beautiful knock by rookie Kiran Navgire lighted up the crucial match between Velocity and Trailblazers. The 26-year-old struck the quickest fifty of the Women’s T20 Challenge while chasing a massive 191-run mark at the MCA Stadium in Pune.

After Shafali Varma was dismissed, Navgire walked out to bat as Velocity were reduced to 50/2 in the fifth over. She had a strong start, playing a slog-sweep over long-on for a six against Salma Khatun. In the same over, she hit a boundary and another six, bringing her team to 68 for 2 on the powerplay. The Maharashtra hitter finally achieved the half-century mark off only 25 balls, including a six, breaking Shafali Verma’s previous record of

Navgire’s fireworks display in Pune also ignited social media. People praised the energetic batter, whether they were cricket fans or previous players.

Here are some of the responses:

Fastest-ever 50 in just 25 balls!

Kiran Navgire goes boom boom 🙌💪#VELvTBL #WT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/IDnoFQ8mOb

— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) May 26, 2022

I'm here for the depth in Indian women's cricket.

Sabbineni Meghana. Kiran Navgire. The list goes on.

I'm here for a full fledged Women's IPL.

— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) May 26, 2022

We heard that she could hit the ball a long way; watching it being smashed Live! The ball has been dispatched by this powerful striker Kiran Navgire. Her debut innings in #WT20Challenge is a smashing one for #Velocity @IPL pic.twitter.com/Z80W8KoUDG

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) May 26, 2022

IPL's tagline is 'Talent meets opportunity'. Likes of Sabbineni Meghana and Kiran Navgire have shown there's talent beyond the India blues in Women's cricket too. They just need opportunity. #IPL #Womenscricket

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 26, 2022

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