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{{short description|Indian-born German scientist and cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|name = Anuradha Doddaballapur
|nickname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|10}}
|birth_place=[[Davanagere]], [[Karnataka]], India
|female = true
|fullname = Anuradha Doddaballapur
|batting = Right-handed
|bowling = Right-arm medium
|country = Germany
|international = true
| internationalspan = 2015–present

| club1 = [[Karnataka women's cricket team|Karnataka]]
| year1 =
| club2 = [[Northumberland Women cricket team|Northumberland]]
| year2 =
| club3 = Frankfurt (men's team)
| year3 = 2013–2014
| club4 = Cologne
| year4 = 2013–2015
| club5 = Frankfurt
| year5 = 2016–

| T20Idebutdate = 4 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2020
| T20Idebutagainst = Oman
| T20Icap = 15
| lastT20Idate = 3 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2022
| lastT20Iagainst = Namibia
| T20Ishirt = 18

| columns = 2
| column1=
| column2 = [[Women's Twenty20 cricket|WT20I]]
| matches1 =
| matches2 = 18
| runs1 =
| runs2 = 233
| bat avg1=
| bat avg2 = 23.30
| 100s/50s1=
| 100s/50s2= 0/0
| top score1 =
| top score2 = 40[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 =
| deliveries2 = 281
| wickets1 =
| wickets2 = 19
| bowl avg1 =
| bowl avg2 = 9.10
| fivefor1 =
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor1 =
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling1 =
| best bowling2 = 5/1
| catches/stumpings1 =
| catches/stumpings2 = 11/-
| date = 3 July 2022
| source = http://espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1190574.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Anuradha Doddaballapur''' (born 10 September 1986) is a [[Indians in Germany|Indian-born German]] cardiovascular scientist and cricketer who also currently serves as the captain of the [[Germany women's national cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anuradha-Doddaballapur|url=https://cricket.de/neue-kapitaenin-fuer-die-frauenmannschaft/anuradha-doddaballapur/|access-date=2019-05-02|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-04|title=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft auf England-Tour|url=https://cricket.de/frauen-nationalmannschaft-auf-england-tour/|access-date=2019-05-02|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE}}</ref> She is currently a postdoctoral research scientist at the [[Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research]] in [[Bad Nauheim]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-19|title=This Bengaluru doctor leads German cricket team|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/this-bengaluru-doctor-leads-german-cricket-team-875333.html|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> In August 2020, she became the first female cricketer in the history of international cricket to take 4 wickets in 4 balls.

== Early life and education ==
Anuradha Doddaballapur is a native of [[Basavanagudi]], [[Bengaluru]], in the state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Basavanagudi to Bad Nauheim: Anuradha Doddaballapur's journey to new world record|url=http://cms.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2020/sep/02/basavanagudi-to-bad-nauheim-anuradha-doddaballapurs-journey-to-new-world-record-2191586.html|access-date=2020-09-16|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> She attended [[Bishop Cotton Girls' School]] in Bengaluru.<ref name="ttoi 2020-10-05">{{cite news |title=How Bengaluru gully cricketers starred in German national team |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/how-bengaluru-gully-cricketers-starred-in-german-national-team/articleshow/78485093.cms |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=TNN |date=5 October 2020}}</ref> She was inspired to take up the sport of cricket during her childhood by a school mate and also due to the interest in the sport in her family.

== Career ==

=== Early career ===
She joined the training group conducted by Karnataka women's players association at the age of 12 for the 1998–99 season after being suggested by her batch mate. She then joined the Karnataka Institute of Cricket and was chosen in Karnataka's U16 squad. She also represented Karnataka at U19 level before cementing her place with the [[Karnataka women's cricket team]] and played for nearly a decade.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Meet Anuradha Doddaballapur, the scientist who leads the German women's team|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29735325/meet-anuradha-dodaballapur-scientist-leads-german-women-cricket-team|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}</ref>

She obtained her [[Bachelor of Engineering]] degree in [[Biotechnology]] from the [[New Horizon College of Engineering]], [[Bengaluru]]. After obtaining her bachelor's degree, she moved to UK in 2008 in order to pursue her master's degree in [[Medical Genetics]] at the [[Newcastle University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=A scientist who took four wickets in four balls in a T20I – The story of Anuradha Doddaballapur|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/report-a-scientist-who-took-four-wickets-in-four-balls-in-a-t20i-the-story-of-anuradha-doddaballapur-2840566|access-date=2020-09-16|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> She also faced dilemma situation as she was caught in between cricket and higher studies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-30|title=Meet Anuradha Doddaballapur: Cardiovascular scientist, holder of cricket records too|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/meet-anuradha-doddaballapur-cardiovascular-scientist-holder-of-cricket-records-too/story-7KMYD5OcR4PMeiaWlALu1J.html|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

Anuradha also started playing cricket for clubs and counties in England while being committed to higher education. She also featured in few seasons for the Northumberland women's county side, South North Cricket Club as well as Newcastle University Team. Upon completing her master's degree in UK, she migrated to Germany in 2011 to pursue a [[PhD]] in Cardiovascular Biology at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt|Goethe University]] in [[Frankfurt am Main]].<ref name=":1" />

After settling in Frankfurt, she searched for a suitable cricket club in the city to pursue her cricketing career and joined the Frankfurt Cricket Club, which was the only notable cricket club in the city. She had to join the FCC's men's cricket team due to the unavailability of a women's team. She also had a brief stint for the Cologne women's team in the German Women's Bundesliga from 2013 to 2015.<ref name=":1" />

Anuradha founded the Frankfurt Women's Cricket team at FCC in 2015 and has been the coach of the team since inception. She is an ECB Level 2 qualified coach.<ref name=":1" /> In 2021, she [[Player-coach#Player-coaches in cricket|captain-coached]] the team to its first ever Bundesliga championship: after going through its 10 regular season matches undefeated, the team won the final, against SV Damshagen, by 194 runs.<ref name="faz 2021-10-07">{{cite news |last1=Sturm |first1=Katja |title=Meisterliche Cricket-Kämpferin |trans-title=Masterly Cricket Warrior |url=https://twitter.com/FrankfurtCric/status/1447967529276674049 |access-date=5 December 2021 |work=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |date=7 October 2021 |language=de}}</ref>

=== National career ===
Anuradha received her maiden call-up to the Germany national team training camp in 2013. In August 2013, she made her debut for Germany at a Women's T20 European tournament hosted by Jersey.<ref name=":1" />

In August 2016, Anuradha was one of the stars in a 6-nations European Women's T20 tournament in [[Herning]], Denmark. In Germany's first match, against [[France women's national cricket team|France]], she top scored with 35, but the team lost in a nail biting finish. Against [[Norway women's national cricket team|Norway]], in Germany's second match, she took four wickets for five runs in four overs. Germany won the match by 126 runs. The next day, in Germany's fourth match, against Denmark, she finished with three wickets for 10 runs in four overs. Germany also won that match, and at the end of the tournament was runner-up to France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket.de/germany-women-finish-in-second-place-at-the-european-womens-t20-tournament/|website=German Cricket Federation (DCB)|title=European Women’s T20 tournament(2016)|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815065743/http://www.cricket.de/germany-women-finish-in-second-place-at-the-european-womens-t20-tournament/|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2017, Anuradha played a similarly prominent role, this time in a bilateral series, against [[Italy women's national cricket team|Italy]] in [[Bologna]], which Germany won 2–1. In the first two matches, she top scored with 34[[not out|*]] and 29, respectively. Germany won the first match, but lost the second one. In the final match, Anuradha made 30 and partnered with [[Stephanie Frohnmayer]] (who made 30[[not out|*]]) to take Germany to victory with 6 balls to spare.<ref name="wic">{{cite web |title=Women In Cricket |url=https://winksite.com/xhtml/ms_main?susid=55697 |publisher=NormaProvenc |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718123256/https://winksite.com/xhtml/ms_main?susid=55697|archive-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>

Anuradha has continued to be a consistent performer in the national squad since debut. She was appointed as the skipper of the national team in 2017.<ref name=":1" />

On 4 February 2020, she made her [[WT20I]] debut against [[Oman women's national cricket team|Oman]] in the [[German women's cricket team in Oman in 2019–20|first match of the bilateral series]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Germany Women vs Oman Women 1st T20I 2020 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19759/scorecard/1214763/oman-women-vs-germany-women-1st-t20i-germany-women-in-oman-2019-20|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}</ref> On 14 August 2020, in the [[German women's cricket team in Austria in 2020|fourth match of the bilateral series]] against [[Austria women's national cricket team|Austria]] at the [[Seebarn Cricket Ground]], she set the world record in WT20I cricket by becoming the first international woman cricketer to take 4 wickets in 4 successive deliveries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1753846|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2020|title=Anuradha Doddaballapur becomes first bowler to take four wickets from four consecutive deliveries in women's T20I|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/anuradha-doddaballapur-becomes-first-bowler-to-take-four-wickets-from-four-consecutive-deliveries-in-womens-t20i-2787619.html|accessdate=14 August 2020|work=CricketNext (News18)}}</ref> She became only the third overall bowler either male or female after [[Lasith Malinga]] and [[Rashid Khan (cricketer)|Rashid Khan]] to achieve the feat. She took the nineteenth overall [[List of women's Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks|hat-trick]] in WT20Is, becoming the second German to do so after [[Anne Bierwisch]], and also took her first [[List of five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in WT20Is]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The German women's team are enjoying new-found fame after breaking several T20I records|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29735326/the-german-women-team-enjoying-new-found-fame-breaking-several-t20i-records|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}</ref> Anuradha eventually ended up with a career best bowling figures of 5/1 which is also the career best bowling for by a bowler for Germany in WT20I cricket and best figures for a captain (male or female) in T20I cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Germany Women vs Austria Women 4th T20I 2020 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19890/scorecard/1229207/austria-women-vs-germany-women-4th-t20i-germany-women-in-austria-2020|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Records / Germany Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?class=10;id=1547;type=team|accessdate=31 August 2019|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>

In July 2021, she was selected to play for Germany as the captain for their home series [[France women's cricket team in Germany in 2021|against France]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=DCB nominiert 16 Spielerinnen für die T20 Serie gegen Frankreich – DCB – Deutscher Cricket Bund|url=https://www.cricket.de/dcb-nominiert-16-spielerinnen-fuer-die-serie-gegen-frankreich/|access-date=2021-07-11|language=de-DE}}</ref> She was the highest wicket-taker in the WT20I series picking up 7 wickets including a four wicket haul,<ref>{{Cite web|title=France Women in Germany T20I Series, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=14030&type=series|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Cricinfo}}</ref> and was awarded the player of the series. The following month, she captained Germany in all four of the team's matches in the [[2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=14092;type=tournament |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> In the second of those matches, against France, she top scored with 22*.<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of France Women vs GER Women 4th Match 2021 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-t20-world-cup-europe-region-qualifier-2021-1274588/france-women-vs-germany-women-4th-match-1274600/full-scorecard |access-date=5 December 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Anuradha lives in [[Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main)|Bockenheim]], a [[Quarter (urban subdivision)|quarter]] of Frankfurt.<ref name="faz 2021-10-07"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of Germany women Twenty20 International cricketers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite web |last1=Vangaveti |first1=Swetha |title=Scientist is now the captain of Germany's Women's national cricket team. |url=https://bookofachievers.com/articles/indian-scientist-is-captain-of-the-germans-womens-cricket-team-how-did-she-do-it |website=Book of Achievers |access-date=11 May 2022 |language=en-IN |date=2021}}
* {{cite news |last1=Yerasala |first1=Ikyatha |title=How Bengaluru's Anuradha Doddaballapur became captain of Germany's cricket team |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-bengalurus-anuradha-doddaballapur-became-captain-germanys-cricket-team-154999#:~:text=CRYPTO-,How%20Bengaluru's%20Anuradha%20Doddaballapur%20became%20captain%20of%20Germany's%20cricket%20team,nothing%20short%20of%20awe%2Dinspiring. |access-date=11 May 2022 |work=The News Minute |date=8 September 2021 |language=en}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
* {{Cricinfo|id=1190574}}

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