Kiran Prabhu Navgire (born May 1995 in Solapur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer. She is presently a member of the Nagaland women’s squad. She established the record for the highest individual score in the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy in 2022, scoring an unbeaten 162 for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh.
Family and Childhood
Kiran Navgire is the farmer’s and housewife’s daughter. Her brothers are two. She began her sporting career before going on to become a cricketer. She was born in 1995, is 26 years old, and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.
During her undergraduate studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University, she began playing cricket. From 2013-14 to 2015-16, she played for the university cricket team without any formal training. She has also participated in the javelin throw, shot put, and 100 metres for Pune University. Her formal education began at the Azam Campus in Pune, where she studied physical education for two years.
Her Career
She made her Senior Women’s One Day League debut for Maharashtra in 2018-19. She chose to play for Nagaland as a guest player in the 2021-22 Women’s Senior T20 Tournament after not receiving enough opportunity in the Maharashtra team.
On 15 April 2022, she became the first Indian male or female to score 150+ runs in a Twenty20 innings while playing for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh at Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium.
In preparation for the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge, she was nominated to the Velocity squad.
Kiran Navgire makes a ‘cracking debut’ by breaking the Women’s T20 Challenge Fastest Fifty record.
Kiran Navgire achieves the fastest fifty in the Women’s T20 Challenge. Navgire’s fireworks performance in Pune also sparked interest on social media. Whether they were cricket fans or prior players, everyone applauded the enthusiastic batter.
A magnificent knock by youngster Kiran Navgire lit up the critical match between Velocity and Trailblazers on Thursday night. While chasing a mammoth 191-run target, the 26-year-old blasted the fastest fifty in the Women’s T20 Challenge.
The 26-year-old hit the fastest fifty of the Women’s T20 Challenge while chasing a mammoth 191-run target at Pune’s MCA Stadium.
Navgire stepped out to bat after Shafali Varma was removed, and Velocity were reduced to 50/2 in the fifth over. She got off to a fast start, hitting a slog-sweep over long-on for a six against Salma Khatun. She hit a boundary and another six in the same over, pushing her side to 68 for 2 on the powerplay. The Maharashtra batsman eventually reached the half-century mark after only 25 balls.
Navgire’s fireworks performance in Pune also sparked interest on social media. Whether they were cricket fans or prior players, everyone applauded the enthusiastic batter.
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