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Karuna Vijaykumar Jain (born 9 September 1985) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in five Test matches, 44 One Day Internationals and nine Twenty20 Internationals for India between 2004 and 2014. She scored one century and nine fifties in ODIs.[1] She played domestic cricket for Karnataka, Air India, Nagaland and Puducherry.[2] She retired from cricket in July 2022.[3]

Karu Jain

Personal information
Full name	Karuna Vijaykumar Jain
Born	(1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 37) Bangalore, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	India (2004–2014)
Test debut (cap 65)	21 November 2005 v England
Last Test	13 August 2014 v England
ODI debut (cap 75)	6 March 2004 v West Indies
Last ODI	23 August 2014 v England
T20I debut (cap 46)	28 January 2014 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	2 April 2014 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02	Karnataka
2002/03–2004/05	Air India
2006/07–2017/18	Karnataka
2018/19	Nagaland
2019/20–2021/22	Puducherry
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 5 44 9 197 Runs scored 195 987 9 5,645 Batting average 21.66 29.02 4.50 35.72 100s/50s 0/0 1/9 0/0 5/42 Top score 40 103 8* 126* Balls bowled – – – 298 Wickets – – – 6 Bowling average – – – 26.66 5 wickets in innings – – – 0 10 wickets in match – – – 0 Best bowling – – – 2/10 Catches/stumpings 14/3 32/26 4/8 144/101
Source: CricketArchive, 25 July 2022

Early life

She was born in a family that appreciates sports. Her father was a competitive boxer and her mother played ball badminton.[4]

References

External links

• Karu Jain at ESPNcricinfo
• Karu Jain at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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