New Delhi: Batter VR Vanitha, who represented the nation in six ladies’s ODIs and 16 T20Is from 2014 to 2016, on Monday introduced retirement from all types of the sport on the age of 31. She made her announcement through Twitter and India team-mates Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj had been amongst these thanked by the cricketer who made her debut for the nationwide staff in an ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in January 2014.
Besides, she thanked her members of the family, associates, mentor and different team-mates who had been a part of her journey within the sport. Vanitha additionally thanked the 2 state associations — Karnataka and Bengal — that she represented in home cricket.
“19 years in the past, after I began enjoying, I used to be just a bit lady who cherished sport. Even to this present day, my love for cricket stays the identical. What’s altering is route. My coronary heart says proceed enjoying, my physique says cease and I’ve determined to take heed to the latter. Time is ripe to hold my boots,” Vanitha stated within the submit.
“I hereby announce my retirement from all forms of cricket. It’s been a journey of struggles, joy, heartbreak, learning and personal milestones. While there are a few regrets, I’m grateful for the opportunities I got, especially to represent India.”
She known as her retirement from the sport “not the top however the starting of a brand new problem”.
In the limited number of ODIs and T20Is she played, Vanitha scored 85 and 216 runs respectively, and was a part of India’s squad during the Women’s World T20 at home.
During the 2021-22 domestic season, Vanitha guided Bengal to the semi-finals of the Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy, scoring 225 runs with knocks of 61 against Andhra and a 71-ball 107 against Hyderabad. She enjoyed a strike rate of over 100 in the tournament.
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