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Former cricketer Shantha Rangaswamy to be conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Karnataka Govt

Former cricketer Shantha Rangaswamy to be conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Karnataka Govt
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The Bridge Desk

Published: 1 Nov 2020 12:00 PM GMT

Former India women's cricket team captain Shantha Rangaswamy will be conferred the Lifetime Achievement award for 2019 by the Karnataka state government on November 2 for her contribution to Indian and Karnataka women’s cricket.

Rangaswamy who was India’s first Test captain was a woman of many other firsts. She was the first test centurion and also hit the country’s first six in international cricket. In her 15-year long international career, Rangaswamy played a total of 16 Tests – captaining the side in as many as 12 – and 19 ODIs. She was at the helm of India’s first Test and ODI wins, and conceded just two defeats as skipper of the Test teams.

She scored over 1000 runs and took 33 wickets throughout her career, in which she finished as the side’s second-highest run-getter in the longest format.

Following her retirement in 1991, the allrounder spent a few years commentating on the game for Doordarshan and All India Radio. She then served as coach of the Indian team for a brief while, before being appointed selector. She served as the chair of the selection committee, overseeing a period of great success for the Indian team that culminated in their terrific run in the ODI World Cup in 2017.

In 2017, she became the first woman to recieve BCCI’s Lifetime Achievemene Award. She continues to play an influential role in Indian cricket and is currently a member of the board’s apex council – the female representative of the Indian Cricketers’ Association.

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