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| Full name | Kanika Ahuja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-08-07)7 August 2002 (age 22) Patiala,Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 77) | 21 September 2023 v Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 24 September 2023 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–present | Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanika Ahuja (born 07 August 2002) is an Indiancricketer who currently plays forPunjab andRoyal Challengers Bangalore andIndia. She is a left-handedbatter and right-armoff breakbowler.[1][2]
She made her international debut in September 2023, in aTwenty20 International for India againstMalaysia.[3]
Ahuja was born on 7 August 2002 inPatiala,Punjab.[2][4]
Ahuja made her debut forPunjab in the2017–18 Senior Women's T20 League againstOdisha.[5] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the2021–22 Women's Senior One Day Trophy, with 15 wickets at an average of 13.13.[6] She took herList A best bowling figures in that tournament, with 5/23 from 10 overs againstMaharashtra.[7] She also made her List A high score in the same tournament, with 90 from 88 deliveries againstRajasthan.[8]
In February 2023, Ahuja was signed byRoyal Challengers Bangalore at the inauguralWomen's Premier League auction, for the2023 season.[9] She played seven matches for the side that season, scoring 98 runs and taking two wickets.[10] She was named as Player of the Match in her side's first win of the tournament, as she scored 48 from 30 deliveries and took 2 catches.[11][12]
In February 2024, Ahuja was ruled out ofWPL 2024 due to injuries.[13]
In June 2023, Ahuja played for India A at the2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14] She was named as Player of the Match in the final as India A won the tournament, scoring 30* and taking two wickets.[15]
In September 2023, Ahuja was named in her firstIndia squad, for theAsian Games.[16] She made herTwenty20 International debut in the quarter-final of the tournament, which was curtailed by rain.[3] She played one further match at the tournament, the semi-final.[17]
