Anjum Chopra was born on 20th May 1977 in New Delhi. She is an important player of the Indian Women`s Cricket team. She made her first appearance in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket after a few months, against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 17 November 1995.Anjum Chopra, the member of Women`s Cricket in India has received the Arjuna Award in the year 2006.
She is the opening batswoman of the Indian cricket team .She is a left handed batswoman who starts her game slowly and then goes on to make big scores .She is also an occasional right-arm medium fast bowler. Born 20 May 1977 in New Delhi, India, she bats with her Left-hand and is Right-arm medium bowler. She is a slow starter. A player, who likes to get set and then likes to have a go at the opponent bowler, and this, helps her to get big scores in matches.
International Information
* 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
She played for Air India Women.
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
12 |
20 |
2 |
548 |
98 |
30.44 |
|
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
13 |
0 |
| ODIs |
121 |
106 |
21 |
2777 |
100 |
32.67 |
|
|
1 |
18 |
|
|
31 |
0 |
| T20Is |
8 |
7 |
1 |
122 |
37* |
20.33 |
177 |
68.92 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
12 |
9 |
258 |
88 |
2 |
1/9/2011 |
1/9/2011 |
44 |
2.04 |
129 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
121 |
24 |
601 |
414 |
9 |
2/9/2011 |
2/9/2011 |
46 |
4.13 |
66.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| T20Is |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
While Anjum Chopra was at the wicket it was difficult to keep memories of David Gower out of the system. The journalists often used the term `lazy elegance` while describing her batting brilliance. She has been one of top bats for India in the women`s team who played predominantly through the `V` and did not hesitate to come down the wicket to the spinners.
Anjum was a slow starter and known for her timing and was equally comfortable on the off and on side. When she toured England in mid 1999 her coach, Sudha Shah remarked that Chopra was a better suited to the longer version of the game. In the first and second ODI, Chopra came up with match winning innings including a sparkling century off 127 balls.
