Shubhangi Kulkarni
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Shubhangi Kulkarni is a former Indian women cricket
er. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) when WCAI was merged into BCCI
in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batswomen. She represented Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket and made her international debut in India's first women's cricket series against West Indies in 1976. She bagged a five-wicket haul in the first innings she bowled, a feat she would repeat four more times in the nineteen tests she played in her career.
Shubhangi Kulkarni played in 27 ODIs over 5 international tours:
Shubhangi Kulkarni captained India in three Test match (one against England and two against Australia) as well as one ODI match against England. After retirement from Test cricket in 1991, she became a cricket administrator and was the secretary of WCAI when WCAI got merged into BCCI in 2006.
Cricket
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er. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) when WCAI was merged into BCCI
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in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batswomen. She represented Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket and made her international debut in India's first women's cricket series against West Indies in 1976. She bagged a five-wicket haul in the first innings she bowled, a feat she would repeat four more times in the nineteen tests she played in her career.
Shubhangi Kulkarni played in 27 ODIs over 5 international tours:
- 1978 Women's Cricket World CupWomen's Cricket World CupThe ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....
(2 matches) - 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup (12 matches)
- 1983/84 Australia Women in India (4 matches)
- 1984/85 New Zealand Women in India (6 matches)
- 1986 India Women in England (3 matches)
Shubhangi Kulkarni captained India in three Test match (one against England and two against Australia) as well as one ODI match against England. After retirement from Test cricket in 1991, she became a cricket administrator and was the secretary of WCAI when WCAI got merged into BCCI in 2006.