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Sharanya "Sharu" Sadarangani (born 3 July 1995) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter, and sometimes as a bowler. Previously, she has played internationally for Denmark, and in English county cricket for Essex. In 2020, she became the first female cricketer to play in the European Cricket Series.[1][2][3]

Sharanya Sadarangani

Personal information
Full name	Sharanya Sadarangani
Born	(1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 27) Bengaluru, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm spin
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	Germany
T20I debut (cap 17)	12 August 2020 v Austria
Last T20I	3 July 2022 v Namibia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2014	Essex
Career statistics
Competition WT20I Matches 14 Runs scored 61 Batting average 12.20 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 25* Balls bowled 93 Wickets 5 Bowling average 12.60 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/6 Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2022

Early life and career

Sadarangani began playing cricket as a young child in her home town of Bengaluru, India.[3] At elementary school age, she had to play as the only girl in boys' teams, and for that purpose had to obtain special permission from the national association.[4] She also benefited from coaching at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIOC), and played several times for the U-16 and U-19 Karnataka women's cricket teams, including a few matches under the stewardship of later Indian women's team cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy.[3]

After completing a Pre-University degree at Jain College in Bengaluru, Sadarangani moved to Essex in England to study for a Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts. There, she also played for the Essex women's cricket team. A couple of years later, she relocated to Germany to pursue another educational degree,[3] and began teaching English and coaching young cricketers.[1] She also started playing the game for a club team in neighbouring Denmark.[1]

International career

In June 2017, Sadarangani was selected for the Denmark national team squad.[5] Two months later, in August 2017, she played for Denmark as a wicket-keeper-batter, in a European Women's T20 tournament in Antwerp, Belgium.[6]

In the first match of a bilateral series between Germany and Austria held on 12 August 2020 at the Seebarn Cricket Ground near Vienna, Sadarangani made her debut for Germany, and also in Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), as a specialist batter. In the third match of that series, held on 13 August 2020, she top scored for Germany with 25*, and also kept wicket for the first time in a WT20I.[7]

On 8 July 2021, Sadarangani bowled for the first time in a WT20I, in the first match of another bilateral series, between Germany and France at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld. She also recorded her team's best bowling figures of 2 wickets for 10 runs. In the fifth and final match of that series, played on 10 July 2021, she was even more successful as a bowler, with figures of 2 for 6.[7] The following month, she played in all four of Germany's matches in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.[8]

Personal life

Sadarangani worked in Germany as an English teacher for three years, and is now doing public relations work for the national association. She met her husband Finn after moving to Germany; they live in Sasel, a suburb of Hamburg.[4]

See also

• List of Germany women Twenty20 International cricketers

References

External links

• Sharanya Sadarangani at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Sharanya Sadarangani at ESPNcricinfo

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