Tanuja Kanwar Height, Age, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tanuja Kanwar

• Tanuja Kanwar is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder and performed for Gujarat Giants within the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League.

• In an interview, she revealed that she was extra enthusiastic about watching South Indian movies than Bollywood movies.

• She was a sports activities fanatic from an early age. She used to take part in district-level badminton and volleyball competitions earlier than she grew to become knowledgeable cricketer.

• She began enjoying gully cricket with the boys in her locality and continued enjoying until 2011; after noticing her expertise her father enrolled her on the HCC Academy in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Initially, Tanuja performed as a medium pacer, and later she modified her model to spin bowling on the suggestion of her coach, Pawan Sen, on the HCC academy.

• In 2011, she made her debut for the Himachal Pradesh U-19 Women’s crew. Tanuja loved a stellar season with the U-19 crew and was promoted to the senior crew the next 12 months. In an interview, she identified that assist from the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) was instrumental in constructing her profession.
  

  A younger Tanuja Kanwar with the Himachal Pradesh U-19 crew

• Tanuja grew to become a key participant for the senior crew and the 2016-2017 Senior Women’s One Day League turned out to be a breakthrough for her profession; Himachal Pradesh Women’s victory in opposition to Uttar Pradesh Women within the Plate Group remaining ensured their promotion to the Elite Group within the following season.

• She topped the bowling rankings of the event with 17 wickets from 4 matches together with a four-wicket haul within the semi-final and a three-wicket haul in opposition to Uttar Pradesh Women within the remaining.

• In 2017, she was a part of the Himachal Pradesh U-23 Women’s squad, which gained the Under-23 North Zone Women’s Cricket Championship. Tanuja took a seven-wicket haul in opposition to Jammu & Kashmir within the remaining of the event and so they gained by 266 runs. She completed the event as the highest wicket-taker with 15 wickets from 4 matches.

• In November 2017, she was named vice-captain of the Himachal Pradesh Women.

• Following a string of constructive performances with the Himachal Pradesh Women she was included within the India A crew for the Bangladesh Women’s A tour of India.
  

  {A photograph} of Tanuja Kanwar from India A coaching camp

• In March 2018, Tanuja took one wicket from two matches for India A Women in opposition to the Australia Women, throughout their tour of India.

Tanuja Kawar, who hails from Shimla, has been chosen in India A for two heat up matches in opposition to Aus Women Team which will probably be performed on sixth and eighth of March in Mumbai.

Congratulations to younger participant! #ProudMoment #HPCA #HimachalWomenCricket pic.twitter.com/xq0MeUhxV3

— HPCA (@himachalcricket) March 3, 2018

• In 2018, she was included within the India Women’s Red squad for the 2018-2019 Women’s Senior T20 Challenger Trophy. India Blue defeated India Red within the remaining by 4 runs.

• In 2019, she was named to the India Blue squad for the 2018-2019 Senior Women’s Challenger Trophy; she took 5 wickets from three matches. In the ultimate of the event, they misplaced to India Red by 15 runs.

• She was a part of the Smriti Mandhana-led India B, which reached the ultimate of the 2019-2020 Women’s Senior T20 Challenger Trophy.

• On 18 February 2019, she was named to the beginning eleven of the Indian Board President’s Women’s XI and scored 11 runs and took two wickets in opposition to the England Women, throughout their tour of India.

• In October 2019, she was chosen for the India Women’s Emerging crew to take part within the inaugural Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka.

Some extra snapshots 📸📸 from India’s win within the Emerging Teams Asia Cup at Colombo 🇮🇳😎👏👏 #WETAC2019 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/VJrflNiWp5

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 29, 2019

• On 29 October 2019, Tanuja Kanwar took 4 wickets within the remaining as India Women’s Emerging crew defeated the Sri Lanka Women’s Emerging crew within the remaining by 14 runs. She completed the event because the second-highest wicket-taker behind her compatriot Devika Vaidya with 7 wickets together with a three-wicket haul in opposition to the Sri Lanka Women’s Emerging crew of their group stage match.

• In 2019, she was referred to as up for the India A Women’s tour of Australia and took 4 wickets from three ODI matches; she additionally performed within the opening T20 match of the sequence.

• In 2020, she was chosen to the India Women’s B crew for the T20 Quadrangular Series held in India. Tanuja took three wickets within the remaining in opposition to the Bangladesh Women’s crew, nevertheless, India Women’s B crew was defeated by 14 runs. She took eight wickets from 4 matches within the event.

• In 2021, she was named to the Himachal Pradesh Women’s crew for the BCCI Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy. On 21 March 2021, she took six wickets from ten overs in opposition to the Meghalaya Women’s crew at an economic system of 1.00; Himachal Pradesh Women gained the match in 4 overs.

• She was a part of the Railways Women’s squad, which gained the 2021-2022 Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy and the 2021-2022 Women’s Senior T20 Trophy.
  

  Tanuja Kanwar with the 2021-2022 Women’s Senior T20 Trophy

  

  Tanuja Kanwar and Mithali Raj with the 2021-2022 Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy

• On 7 February 2023, Tanuja was named Player of the Match within the remaining in opposition to Karnataka within the 2022-2023 Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy; she took three wickets within the remaining and was instrumental in Railways Women’s victory.
  

  Tanuja Kanwar with the Player of the Match Award and the 2022-2023 Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy

• She was a part of the Central Zone Women’s crew, which gained the inaugural version (2022-2023) of the Women’s Senior Inter Zonal T20 Cup.
  

  Central Zone crew after successful the Senior Women’s Inter Zonal T20 Trophy (2022-2023)

• In 2023, she grew to become the most costly uncapped home participant within the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League when Gujarat Giants signed her for Rs. 50 Lakhs.

#GiantArmy, the all-rounder Tanuja Kanwer joins in too! 😍#WPL #WomensPremierLeague #Adani #GujaratGiants pic.twitter.com/sXcd4E87XS

— Gujarat Giants (@GujaratGiants) February 23, 2023

• Royal Challengers Bangalore confirmed eager curiosity in touchdown her and went as much as Rs. 45 Lakhs from her base value of Rs. 10 Lakhs; they pulled out of the bidding after Gujarat Giants raised their provide to Rs. 50 Lakhs.

• On 4 March 2023, she was included within the beginning eleven for the opening match in opposition to Mumbai Indians; Tanuja Kanwar registered the first-ever wicket within the Women’s Premier League when she dismissed Yastika Bhatia. Tanuja was dismissed on a duck after Nat Sciver-Brunt caught her catch.

ICYMI!

Tanuja Kanwar scalps the primary wicket within the historical past of #TATAWPL 👏👏#MI transfer to 22-1 after 4 overs. #GGvMI pic.twitter.com/uNz3qjWy85

— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 4, 2023

• On 11 March 2023, she scored 13 runs from 19 balls in opposition to the Delhi Capitals Women and was caught out by Jemimah Rodrigues.

• On 14 March 2023, throughout Gujarat Giants’ 55 runs defeat in opposition to the Mumbai Indians Women Tanuja took a wicket at an economic system of 8.00; she failed to attain any runs and was dismissed by Hayley Matthews.

• In an interview, she revealed that Sushma Verma was one of many senior gamers who supported and guided her when she began enjoying for the India A crew.
  

  Tanuja Kanwar with Sushma Verma