India Women Team: Vanitha VR announces her retirement from all formats of cricket – On Monday, Vanitha VR announced her decision to retire from all formats of the game. In a statement uploaded on her Twitter handle, the player elaborated on her journey into the national team and also said that she is willing to groom budding talents in the years to come. Follow all updates regarding the India Women Team on InsideSport.IN.
“19 years ago, when I started playing cricket, I was just a little girl who loved sports. Even to this day, my love for cricket remains the same. What’s changing is direction. My heart says continue playing, my body says stop and I’ve decided to listen to the latter. Time is ripe to hang my boots. I hereby announce my retirement from all forms of cricket,” the 31-year-old batter wrote in his statement.
And this lovely innings comes to an END ! pic.twitter.com/ZJw9ieXHSO
— Vanitha VR || ವನಿತಾ.ವಿ.ಆರ್ (@ImVanithaVR) February 21, 2022
India Women Team: Vanitha VR announces her retirement from all formats of cricket
The 31-year-old batter plies her trade for the Bengal Women’s team in the domestic circuit, but she was born and raised in Bengaluru and spent her formative years in the Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIOC).
Vanitha further added in her statement “Along the way, there have been many people I want to thank, each and everyone who has supported me through these years – My parents and siblings who have been a rock by my side, Irfan sir who guided me, honed my skills in my early years, Naz bhai who spent several hours at the nets watching me.”
India Women Team: Vanitha VR announces her retirement from all formats of cricket
Vanitha VR’s international career in numbers
- Vanitha made her ODI debut in 2014 against South Africa Women.
- Her T20I debut came in 2016 against West Indies Women.
- In 6 ODI matches, the batter has scored 85 runs at an average of 17.
- She has also scored 216 runs in 16 T20I matches at an average of 14.40 and a strike rate of nearly 110.
India Women Team: Vanitha VR announces her retirement from all formats of cricket
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