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Age: 7 August 2002 (Wednesday)
Profession: Cricketer (Allrounder)
Hometown: Patiala, Punjab
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kanika Ahuja
- Kanika Ahuja is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder and performed for Royal Challengers Bangalore within the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League.
- Before she grew to become knowledgeable cricketer she was a national-level skater; initially, she was not that occupied with cricket. In an interview, she confessed that she was a bit confused when she was compelled to decide on between cricket and skating.
- Kanika began her cricket coaching on the Cricket Hub academy in Patiala, Punjab; her grandfather, Satpal, used to accompany her for her follow classes on the Dhruve Pandove Stadium in Patiala, Punjab.
- She grew to become a daily a part of her college group and received chosen for the Patiala district girls’s cricket group. Later, she represented completely different age teams of the Punjab girls’s cricket group and captained the under-16 and under-19 groups.
- At the age of fifteen, she was compelled to take a break from cricket following an harm; she was recognized with Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear and Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) tear.
- In an interview, she revealed that she lied to her dad and mom following her harm, as they compelled her to surrender cricket and needed her to deal with her research; there have been no hospitals close by her hometown to deal with the harm, so she moved to Chandigarh, India. But she informed her family that she was shifting there for educational functions.
- In an interview, she revealed that she by no means attended any follow classes and used to play matches until she was chosen for the state group.
- She was named to the Punjab girls’s cricket group for the 2020-2021 BCCI Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy.
- On 19 March 2021, Kanika registered a five-wicket haul for the Punjab girls’s group throughout their match in opposition to Mumbai Women within the Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy.
- On 6 November 2021, in the course of the Women’s Senior One Day Trophy, she scored 90 runs from 88 balls in opposition to Rajasthan Women.
- On 15 November 2021, she achieved a five-wicket haul in opposition to the Maharashtra Women in the course of the 2021-2022 Women’s Senior One Day Trophy; she was tied with Rashi Kanojiya because the main wicket-takers of the match with 15 wickets every.
- Kanika was named to the Patiala district group for the Women Senior Inter District One Day Tournament 2021/2022. They defeated the Jalandhar district group within the ultimate of the match; Kanika mankaded Jalandhar’s Krishma Rana within the ultimate.
- She was a part of the India Women’s D group and took part within the 2021-2022 Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy; she achieved a four-wicket haul in opposition to India Women’s C group on 4 December 2021.
- Kanika Ahuja was a part of the North Zone Women’s group which participated within the 2022-2023 Women’s Senior Inter Zonal T20.
- She was a part of the India Women’s D group that gained the 2022-2023 Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy; she performed in two matches and took one wicket in opposition to India Women’s B group.
- On 21 January 2023, she scored 29 runs (not out) from 36 balls and took two wickets in opposition to Mumbai Women within the Women’s Senior One Day Trophy.
- On 29 January 2023, she was named Performer of the Match within the match in opposition to the Meghalaya Women’s Cricket Team.
- In 2023, she was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs. 35,00,000 for the inaugural Women’s Premier League; her base value was Rs. 10,000,00. RCB was her favorite group within the Indian Premier League.
- On 5 March 2023, she made her debut of their opening match in opposition to Delhi Capitals Women; she was dismissed for a duck.
- On 6 March 2023, she scored 22 runs from 13 balls in opposition to the Mumbai Indians Women; she was dismissed by Pooja Vastrakar. Kanika was named Safari Powerful Striker of the Match for her efficiency. During her post-match press convention, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana praised Kanika’s efficiency.
The Safari Powerful Striker of the Match award for the match between @mipaltan and @RCBTweets goes to Kanika Ahuja. #TATAWPL | #TataSafari | #ReclaimYourLife | #SafariXTataWPL | #MIvRCB | @TataMotors_Cars pic.twitter.com/unC7H8Abqa
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 6, 2023
- Her jersey quantity within the Women’s Premier League was 17.
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Kanika Ahuja departs for 10(7) owing to a stumping#CricketTwitter #WPL2023 📸 Jio Cinema pic.twitter.com/yjHbX2exqv
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) March 8, 2023
- In an interview, Kanika revealed her admiration for the Indian Women’s Cricket group captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, and identified that Harmanpreet helped and supported her profession in some ways.
- In an interview, she revealed that she was influenced by the inclusion of Shafali Verma within the Indian girls’s group.