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Anju Jain

WPL A Historical Moment; Will Empower Women, Says UP Warriorz Assistant Coach Anju Jain

The UP Warriorz will take on the Gujarat Giants in their first-ever Women's Premier League game on March 5 at the DY Patil Cricket Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

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Arundhati Kirkire: Kept out of India women’s side by Anju Jain’s supreme form

Her best performance was 106 against West Indies back at home in Gurgaon.

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Anjum Chopra: A multi-talented sportsperson who went to become one of the legends in Indian women’s cricket

She was influential in some of India’s most memorable victories.

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BCCI’s gender bias against Indian women’s cricket is most deplorable

In 2006, when the former Women’s Cricket Association of India (WICA) merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), there was hope that finally women’s cricket in India would develop. The cash-rich BCCI has enough clout in world cricket to take women’s cricket to great heights. However, what one has seen is nothing more than false promises.

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Ranji Trophy final getting precedence over ICC World Cup is shameful: Diana Edulji

Diana Edulji, born on January 26, 1956, was good enough to play in the men’s team. She picked up the skills of the game much faster than her male counterparts while playing at the Railway Colony in South Mumbai, where she lived. It all began there. She is the third-highest wicket taker in Tests, having a long and successful career that span over 18 years.
 

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Mithali Raj tops ICC ranking, but the Indian media has little interest in women’s cricket

By Sudatta Mukherjee 

 

On February 28, 2012, when Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 133 to guide India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a do-or-die match, the Indian media went on an overdrive in burying him with adjectives. But when another Indian cricketer got to the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, there was hardly a ripple in the media. Why? The answer is simple: The player in question is Mithali Raj and the ICC rankings are for women’s cricket.

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Anjum Chopra blames current India coach for unceremonious exit from cricket

By Tapan Mohanta

 

Having been stripped off captaincy and also dumped from the side, a livid Anjum Chopra held current Indian women's team coach Anju Jain responsible for her unceremonious exit from the side.

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