Kiran Prabhu Navgire (born 18 September 1994) is an Indian cricketer. She currently plays for India women and Nagaland women. She set the record for the highest individual score in

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, when she made an unbeaten 162 for Nagaland against

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in 2022. She is the only Indian cricketer (male or female) to score over 150 runs in a T20 match. Kiran Navgire's father is a farmer while her mother is a homemaker. She has two brothers. She had initially been into athletics, before pursuing a career as a cricketer. She first played cricket during her graduation days at the

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. She represented the university cricket team from the 2013–14 to 2015–16 seasons without any formal training. She had also represented Pune University in the athletic events of

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and

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. She received her first formal training at the Azam Campus in Pune, where she took up a two-year course in physical education. She began her domestic career with

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in the

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. She later decided to play for Nagaland as a guest player in the 2021-22 Women's Senior T20 Trophy as she could not get enough chances in Maharashtra team. While playing for Nagaland, she smashed 162 off 76 balls against Arunachal Pradesh at Barsapara Stadium,

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on 15 April 2022, becoming the first Indian man or woman to score 150+ runs in a

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innings. She was picked in the

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squad ahead of the

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. On her debut against Trailblazers on 26 May 2022, she scored a 24-ball fifty, which is the fastest fifty in the Women's T20 Challenge. Two days later, she scored a 13-ball duck in the final. Later, she was also picked for Indian women's team for T20 international series against England in September 2022. She completed her education in Baramati Sharda vidyalaya. She is inspired by the movie Bhag Milkha Bhag and run around college completed 40 rounds.

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* * 1994 births Living people India women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Maharashtra Maharashtra women cricketers Nagaland women cricketers UP Warriorz cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1994-stub