Anuradha Doddaballapur was born on 10 September 1986 and is an Indian-born German cardiovascular scientist and cricketer who currently serves as the captain of the Germany women's national cricket team.
18 Facts About Anuradha Doddaballapur
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Anuradha Doddaballapur is currently a postdoctoral research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur is a native of Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, in the state of Karnataka.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur was inspired to take up the sport of cricket during her childhood by a school mate and due to the interest in the sport in her family.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur then joined the Karnataka Institute of Cricket and was chosen in Karnataka's U16 squad.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur represented Karnataka at U19 level before cementing her place with the Karnataka women's cricket team and played for nearly a decade.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur obtained her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biotechnology from the New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur faced dilemma situation as she was caught in between cricket and higher studies.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur featured in few seasons for the Northumberland women's county side, South North Cricket Club as well as Newcastle University Team.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur had to join the FCC's men's cricket team due to the unavailability of a women's team.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur had a brief stint for the Cologne women's team in the German Women's Bundesliga from 2013 to 2015.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur founded the Frankfurt Women's Cricket team at FCC in 2015 and has been the coach of the team since inception.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur received her maiden call-up to the Germany national team training camp in 2013.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur has continued to be a consistent performer in the national squad since debut.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur was appointed as the skipper of the national team in 2017.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur became only the third overall bowler either male or female after Lasith Malinga and Rashid Khan to achieve the feat.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur took the nineteenth overall hat-trick in WT20Is, becoming the second German to do so after Anne Bierwisch, and took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.
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Anuradha Doddaballapur was the highest wicket-taker in the WT20I series picking up 7 wickets including a four wicket haul, and was awarded the player of the series.