Anjum Chopra (Born on 20 May 1977 in New Delhi) is an Indian cricketer. Anjum is a left-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast. Anjum is one of the country's most successful women cricketers, having played 12 Tests, 127 ODIs and 18 T20s in a 17 years cricket career. Her highest score is eighty runs in test match and hundred runs in one day international match.
Anjum made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 17 November 1995.
Anjum, first female ever to score an ODI century for India. She was the leading scorer at the Women's World Cup in 2000. Shortlisted for the inaugural ICC Women's Player of the Year Award in 2006. She plays domestic cricket for Air India Women. She usually plays as an opening bats woman for India.
Records
- First Indian player to score an ODI century for India.
- First captain to win a Test Series abroad. India won the test match in South Africa in 2002 under her captaincy.
- First captain to win a home series 5–0 whitewash against England in India in 2002.
- First player to play 100 ODIs for India.
- First to play 6 World Cups for India (four ODI World Cups and two T20s).
- Only player in modern-day cricket to have played 12 Test matches with ODI and T20s.
- First player to get an international appointment when she worked with Cricket South Africa women's team as a technical consultant in 2012–2013.
- Appointed goodwill ambassador to promote breast cancer awareness in Johannesburg during a men's international match.
- First female sportscaster and player to commentate on men's cricket matches.
In August 2007, Anjum has been awarded with Arjuna award, one of Indias highest sporting honours. She has been also awarded with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 2014.
Anjum is a commentator/subject expert with Doordarshan and other leading news and sports channels.A sportscaster Anjum represents women's cricket on television analysing the game from a player's perspective. In 2016, Anjum Chopra is the first woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). MCC owns, and is based at, Lord's in St John's Wood, London NW8 and was founded in 1787.
Anjum chopra has co-authored world's first coffee table book titled Women's Cricket World - A Journey from 1745-2013. The book showcases the world history of the sport to its present-day under the International Cricket Council. To promote the game, Anjum has also participated in a reality show, Fear Factor 'Khatron ke Khiladi' season 4, aired on the Colors channel. She has also walked the ramp with leading names of the fashion industry promoting the women's game.
Carving out a niche in the male-dominated sport in the country, Anjum has begun to be recognized as the face of women's cricket in India as a player, captain, consultant, motivational speaker, author and actor.
