Anjum Chopra
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| Full name | Anjum Chopra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 May 1977 New Delhi, India |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 46) | 17 November 1995 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 August 2006 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 42) | 12 February 1995 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 March 2009 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 2) | 5th August 2006 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23rd March 2012 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2014
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Anjum Chopra (born 20 May 1977 in New Delhi) is an Indian cricketer. A sports girl from the start, the first time she stepped onto the cricket ground was at the age of 9. She played her first friendly match with the college girls' team at the inter-college level, scoring 20 runs and taking 2 wickets. Later the same year she was selected to play for New Delhi in the under−15 tournament
She played various sports at an early age, representing her school and college in athletics, basketball, and swimming. She was also a member of the Delhi State basketball team that competed at nationals.
Anjum made her debut in one-day internationals at the early age of 17, on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 17 November 1995. In only her second series for India the same year, she was awarded player of the series in the one day internationals against the visiting England cricket team, scoring runs at an average of 67.5.
She is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. She has played in 12 Tests and 116 ODIs.
Carving out a niche in the male-dominated sport in the country, Anjum has begun to be recognized as the face of women's cricket in India as a player, captain, consultant, motivational speaker, author, and actor.
Anjum belongs to a family of sportspeople:
Anjum is also a pet lover who loves to spend time with her pet dogs at her home.
Anjum Chopra is both a Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India women's cricket team. She is currently working as a cricket commentator. She made her One Day International debut in 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch. In the first ODI she opened the bowling for India, giving 14 runs in her 4 overs. Going in to bat at No 10 for India, she had a crucial partnership of 11 runs to secure the victory for India.
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