Pramila Korikar-Bhatt (born 16 September 1969) is an Indian former

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Career

She played women's

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(5 matches between 1991 and 1996) and

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for

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(22 matches between 1993 and 1998). She captained the Indian team in one Test match 7 ODI matches. An

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, for most of her ODI career she batted in the middle order and bowled right-arm offspin. Her tenure as captain is best remembered for the tied-ODI match against

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in the 1997/98 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Personal life

She currently lives in

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with her husband, Sarangan Venugopalan and their two sons, Siddanth and Sanjith.

References

1969 births Living people India women One Day International cricketers India women Test cricketers Indian women cricketers Cricketers from Bengaluru Sportswomen from Karnataka Air India women cricketers Indian women cricket captains {{India-cricket-bio-1960s-stub