Anju Jain

Anju Jain (born 11 August 1974, in New Delhi) is a former Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (8 matches between 1995 and 2003) and ODI cricket (65 matches between 1993 and 2005) for India. She opened the innings and was the team wicket-keeper.

She captained the Indian team in 8 ODI matches, all during the 2000 Cricinfo Women's Cricket World Cup where India advanced to the semi-finals before losing to New Zealand.

She played for Air India women's cricket team in the Indian women's domestic league.The only player to have played for consecutive four world cups. Her 81 dismissals behind the wicket stands in the fourth position in terms of all-time dismissals by wicket-keepers from all countries.

Anju received the Arjuna Award in 2005 for her sporting achievements from then President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, hence been declared the best sportsperson of the year in Cricket.

She has been a coach associated with development of youth and women's cricketers of Andhra Pradesh. She has also been a coach to Odisha and Tripura as well as for the Indian side. Currently she is the coach of Assam.

References

Profile from CricketArchive
Player profile from Cricinfo

India squad – 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup

1 Agarwal 2 Bhatt 3 Braganza 4 Dabir 5 Edulji (c) 6 Francis 7 Gupta 8 Jain 9 Kalpana 10 Kaul 11 Maben 12 Rau 13 Venugopal

India squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Runners-Up

1 Raj (c) 2 Al Khadeer 3 Chopra 4 David 5 Dhar 6 Goswami 7 A Jain 8 K Jain 9 Kala 10 Kirkire 11 Malhotra 12 Marathe 13 A Sharma 14 J Sharma Coach: Shah

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