Karthika Vijayaraghavan

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Karthika Vijayaraghavan
Personal information
Full nameKarthika Vijayaraghavan
Born (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 33)
Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 10)26 June 2019 v Scotland
Last T20I10 July 2021 v France
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–?TV Pflugfelden (Ludwigsburg)
?–presentFrankfurt
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 17
Runs scored 47
Batting average 11.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 36*
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 3/2
Source: Cricinfo, 18 July 2021

Karthika Vijayaraghavan (born 18 April 1988) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter.

Early life[]

Vijayaraghavan was born in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] As a child, she lived in Indiranagar, east Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, and participated in gully cricket on its streets, but did not play the game in a formal sense. Instead, her parents encouraged her to play basketball, as their perception of cricket was that it was a men's sport. Despite being only 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) tall even as an adult, Vijayaraghavan spent 14 years as a point guard.[2][3]

In 2015, immediately after marrying, she and her husband Vijayaraghavan moved to Germany, where they settled in Stuttgart. Less than a year later, her husband encouraged her to take up cricket.[3][2]

Domestic career[]

In October 2017, Vijayaraghavan started playing in the women's cricket team fielded by the TV Pflugfelden sports club in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ahead of the national domestic competition in 2018, she was appointed as captain of the team. In March 2018, she attended a national training camp, and was added to the national squad. She was then selected for the regional Southern Stormers team, which later that year played a 6-match Super Series against another regional team, the Northern Thunderbirds.[4][5]

As of 2021, Vijayaraghavan was playing at the domestic level for the Frankfurt Cricket Club.[6]

International career[]

In May 2018, Vijayaraghavan made her national debut for Germany against a sub-national team from the Netherlands, as a specialist batter.[2][4] Soon afterwards, she played for the German women's development team in a tournament against the Marylebone Cricket Club and Belgium, and was named as the best female player in the tournament. In August 2018, she toured England and Scotland with the national team, which played matches against Scotland U21, Northumberland and Durham during the tour.[4][7]

In January 2019, and with the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe looming, the national team coach "just threw the [wicket]-keeper gloves at [her]." He said that she had great reflexes, and gave her two months to prove she could keep. Vijayaraghavan accepted the challenge.[3]

On 26 June 2019, Vijayaraghavan made her WT20I and international wicket-keeping debut, against Scotland at the La Manga Club Ground, Murcia, Spain, in the first match of the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.[1][8] Subsequently, she played in bilateral series against Oman at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, in February 2020, and against Austria at the Seebarn Cricket Ground near Vienna in August 2020.[1]

In the final match of the latter series, Vijayaraghavan top scored with 36*, and shared in two significant partnerships. During the first of those collaborations, she and her Karnataka-born captain, Anuradha Doddaballapur (who made 31), put on 26 runs for the second wicket. Later, she combined with (who scored 23*) to make an unbroken 57 runs for the fourth wicket. Germany finished the innings with 129/3, and eventually won the match by 79 runs to complete a series whitewash.[9][10][11]

In July 2021, Vijayaraghavan played in another bilateral series, against France at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld.[1]

Personal life[]

Off the field, Vijayaraghavan works as an app developer for a health insurer in Stuttgart.[2][4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Karthika Vijayaraghavan". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "How Bengaluru gully cricketers starred in German national team". The Times of India. TNN. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Harvey, Rob (23 August 2020). "Interview: Karthika Vijayaraghavan". Talkinaboutwomenscricket.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Vijayaraghavan, Karthika (2019). "Nationalspielerin Karthika erzählt wie sie in die deutsche Nationalmannschaft aufgenommen wurde" [National player Karthika tells how she was accepted into the German national team]. TV Pflugfelden (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ Staff writer (20 June 2018). "Cricket: Super Series der Damen in Lemco" [Cricket: Women's Super Series in Lemco]. TV Lemgo von 1863 (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "DCB nominiert 16 Spielerinnen für die T20 Serie gegen Frankreich" [DCB nominates 16 players for the T20 series against France]. German Cricket Board (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ Perry, Jake (4 August 2018). "Cavender stars as Scotland claim back-to-back wins over Germany". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Scotland register massive win over debutant Germany". Women's CricZone. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  9. ^ Paul, Kaushiik (15 August 2020). "Anne Bierwisch stars with the ball as Germany whitewash Austria 5-0". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ Vivek MV; DHNS (19 August 2020). "This Bengaluru doctor leads German cricket team". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ^ scorecard

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