Niranjana Nagarajan

Niranjana Nagarajan (born 9 October 1988) is an Indian cricketer.^[1] She represented India in WTests, WODIs and WT20I.^[2] She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast.^[3] On 15 June 2024, she announced her retirement from all forms of cricket.^[4][5]

Nagarajan Niranjana

Personal information
Born	(1988-10-09) 9 October 1988 (age 36) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India (2008—2016)
Test debut (cap 77)	13 August 2014 v England
Last Test	16 November 2014 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 90)	30 August 2008 v England
Last ODI	19 February 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 34)	26 June 2012 v England
Last T20I	26 February 2016 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2013, 2018–present	Tamil Nadu Women
2006–2013	South Zone Women
2013–2017	Railways Women
2013–2014	Central Zone Women
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I Matches 2 22 14 Runs scored 27 70 42 Batting average 27 8.75 7.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 27 12* 15 Balls bowled 236 965 271 Wickets 4 24 9 Bowling average 23.75 28.04 26.22 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/19 3/24 2/15 Catches/stumpings 3/- 4/- 3/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2017

Career

In August 2008, she was added to national squad as a replacement player for Rumeli Dhar.^[6] She made her debut in international cricket on 30 August 2008 during India's tour of England in a WODI against England at North Parade, Bath. She also played for Tamil Nadu, Railways, South Zone and Central Zone in domestic cricket.

She displayed her bowling talent on the English ground when Indian Women played England in their five-match Test series in 2014. The claimed bowling figures of 4/19 as the England team were bowled out for just 92 runs.^[7]

As of 2017, she had played two Tests, 22 ODIs and 14 T20Is for India.^[8]