Subha Venkataraman is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the

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. In July 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the

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tournament. She made her WT20I debut against

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on 7 July 2018.

Personal life

Subha was born on 8 March 1980 in

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. Along with cricket, she gave complete importance to her studies and did B.Sc in Computer Science. She is currently lives in

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with her husband (R Srinivasan) and her two daughters, Akshaya and Akshara.

Domestic career

She was selected in the Madras Under-19 team. At the age of 19 years, she was picked for the Tamil Nadu senior team. Her first breakthrough came in 1999 when she took two (2) consecutive wickets and came close to a hat-trick in an All- India Senior Inter State South Zone match.

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* Living people 1980 births Cricketers from Chennai Emirati women cricketers United Arab Emirates women Twenty20 International cricketers Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Indian women cricketers Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu women cricketers {{UAE-cricket-bio-stub