Anjum Chopra

Anjum Chopra
Personal information
Full name Anjum Chopra
Born 20 May 1977
New Delhi, India
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side
  • India
Test debut 17 November 1995 v England women
Last Test 29 August 2006 v England women
ODI debut 12 February 1995 v New Zealand women
Last ODI 21 March 2009 v Australia women
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Air India Women
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI T20I
Matches 12 127 18
Runs scored 548 2856 241
Batting average 30.44 31.38 17.21
100s/50s 0/4 1/18 0/0
Top score 98 100 37*
Balls bowled 258 601 –
Wickets 2 9 –21
Bowling average 44.00 46.00 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 –
10 wickets in match – n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/9 2/9 –
Catches/stumpings 13/– 33/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2014

Anjum Chopra (born 20 May 1977) is an Indian Women Cricketer. She was born in New Delhi. A sports girl from the start, the first time she stepped on to the ground was at the age of 9. Played her first friendly match with college girls team at the inter college level scoring 20 runs and taking 2 wickets. Later the same year she was selected to play for New Delhi in the under -15 tournament

A sports person, she played various sports at an early age. Represented her school and college team in Athletics, Basketball, swimming. She represented Delhi State team in basketball nationals also.

Made her debut in One-day Internationals , in the early age of 17, on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 17 November 1995. Only in her second series for India the same year, she was awarded ‘player of the series’ in the one day internationals against the visiting England cricket team scoring runs at an average of 67.5 winning the series 3-2

She is a left-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast. She has played in 12 Tests and 116 ODIs.[1][2]

Charting out a niche in the male dominated sport in the country, Anjum has broken the glass ceiling to be recognized as the face of women's cricket. A player, captain, consultant, motivational speaker, author, actor she has worn many hats. A go getter and a perfectionist she has been successful in achieving the desired results for the nation and elevating women's sports.

Personal life

Belongs to a family of sports people.

Playing Style

Left hand batter, Right arm medium pace bowler

Career

Anjum Chopra is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India women's cricket team. She made her One Day International debut in 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch. In the first ODI she opened the bowling for India giving 14 runs in her 4 overs. Going in to bat at No:10 for India, she had a crucial partnership of 11 runs to secure the victory for India. She made her Test match debut in November 1995 against England in Calcutta. She was sent in as a night watchman against the English team in the fading light of Calcutta in her very first Test match for India. Living up to her coach’s confidence in her she successfully batted till the next morning till lunch scoring crucial 27 for her team.

She was made Vice Captain of the Indian team in 2000 Cricinfo world cup, New Zealand. Two player of the match awards and highest scorer from India, Anjum led the batting charts at the world cup till the Indian team lost in the semifinals to eventual winners New Zealand.

Was made Captain of Indian team in 2002. Her first series as skipper, she led India with 7 debutants to a whitewash win over visiting England side. A record victory. The Indian teams first tour of South Africa saw the Indian team record their first overseas test win with Anjum Chopra scoring match winning 80. Her astute captaincy and using the part-time bowlers got the team 20 South African wickets at Paarl.

In 2005 world cup in South Africa, India reached the finals of the world cup for the first time. She was the top scorer from India and was also the ‘player of the match’ against England.

In 2009 world cup in Australia, a must win game for India, Anjum scored 76 match winning runs and bagged the ‘player of the match’ award also. India finished third at the world cup behind England and New Zealand.

Anjum has played 6 world cups for India. Has four 50 over world cups and two T20 world cups.She is the 1st player to play 100 ODI’s for India. One of the good fielders in the team and a safe pair of hands she has held the highest number of slip catches for India. A Right arm medium pace bowler, Anjum made her debut as an all-rounder for India. She opened the bowling in her 1st ODI and batted at No:10.

Anjum Chopra is a leader by example. She does not shy away from taking responsibility and has a knack of getting the best out from her juniors. Anjum has batted at almost all positions for her team and also opened if the situation demanded in the team. She has scored against the best of bowling attacks of the world and is known to occupy the crease and batting for long hours. Batting in the 2000 world cup against Ireland in New Zealand, India was reeling at 3 wickets down with 1 run on board. She played a patient knock of 70 runs and winning the match.

Known to bat well under pressure, Anjum has played numerous knocks to perfection and get the victory. A quick runner between the wickets, her ability to convert ones to two’s had been an outstanding feature of Anjum’s batting style.

A student of Delhi Public School R.K.Puram and St.Stephen’s college, Delhi University, Anjum completed her Master’s in Business Administration from FORE School of Management with a dual specialisation in Marketing and Human Resources.

In the corporate world Anjum, is a motivational and corporate speaker/consultant. An MBA Anjum has conducted training programs for globally recognised brands such as General Electric, Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs, Vodafone and various schools and colleges.

Domestic Career

Anjum Chopra a Delhi girl has played for the state since Under 15 days. She has also represented Air India (her employers) for domestic matches where she emerged as the most successful skipper for the women's team.

Under her captaincy-

The 2011-12 cricket season saw her achieving victories for Delhi State. Captaining the team, Delhi won the national championship for the first time in history of the women's game. She also went on to lead the North Zone team that won the Zonal championships the same year. In the T20 format, Delhi state finished runner up, ending the year as the ‘Best State Team’.

Awards

Statistics & Records

Achievements

Anjum has co-authored world’s first coffee table book titled ‘Women’s Cricket World- ‘A Journey from 1745- 2013’. The book showcases the world history of the sport to its present day under the International Cricket Council.

She has also acted in a docudrama- ‘Poor Cousins of Million Dollar Babies’. The film received national acclaim at the Arnold Sports Film Festival in Ohio, 2011. It talks about that despite the disparities between men's and women's cricket, the girls are very happy playing the sport and enjoy the camaraderie. To promote the game Anjum has also participated in a reality show Fear Factor ‘Khatron ke Khiladi’ season 4 aired on Colors channel. She has also walked the ramp with leading names of fashion industry promoting the women's game.

Anjum is a commentator/subject expert with Doordarshan and other leading news and sports channels. A sports caster she represents women's cricket on television analyzing the game from a players perspective. Now she has forayed into other sports. Appointed as a commentator for covering the World Kabaddi league,2014 on Sony six.

Television

Anjum was a participant on the reality show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Anjum Chopra". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Anjum Chopra". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Let's get dangerous". Midday. 2011-06-05.