Veda Krishnamurthy
Veda Krishnamurthy was born in Kadur, Karnataka, India on October 16th, 1992 and is the Cricket Player. At the age of 31, Veda Krishnamurthy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In November 2015, she was named in B-grade contract list, this was first time BCCI offered contracts to women players.
Karnataka State Cricket Association hosted their first-ever Twenty20 exhibition match between a KSCA President's XI and a KSCA Secretary's XI and Veda was chosen to lead the President's XI. In October 2017, she was signed by the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season. For the 2021 senior domestic one-day trophy, Veda was named captain of Karnataka and led the team all the way to the final, where they lost to the Railways.
She made her debut in international cricket at the age of 18 in a one day international against England Women at Derby in June 2011 and went on to score 51 runs in that match. Meanwhile, her T20 debut for India was in a match against Australia in the Natwest T20 Quadrangular series at Billericay, on the same tour of England.
Krishnamurthy was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. The Indian team were chasing a target of 229 runs and required 29 off 33 balls with five wickets in hand when Veda lost her wicket. She scored 35 runs in the innings.
In the final league match of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup against New Zealand, Krishnamurthy came to bat in the 37th over. With a strike rate of over 150, she smashed 70 runs off just 45 balls, which included seven fours and two sixes, before getting run out on the penultimate ball of the innings. Her performance was highly lauded and it led the Indian side to the semi-finals of the series.
She is the third cricketer from India to play in the Big Bash. Krishnamurthy secured a deal with the Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) for the third season of the WBBL. She joined the duo of Hayley Matthews and Lauren Winfield.
In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.