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Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
About Gargi Banerji
- Gargi Banerji (born 20 July 1963 in Calcutta, India) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India.
- She made her international debut at the age of 14 at the Eden Gardens in a World Cup match against England and played for West Bengal in India's domestic league prior to her international appearance. Early Days A mischievous girl and an avid sports lover, during her days at YWCA (Young Women Christian Association), she played badminton, basketball and football.
- A cricket novice, Gargi enrolled for the cricket trial at YWCA and got selected to join the cricket coaching camp in 1976.
- Her supportive family never restricted her from playing any sports.
- Despite cricket being considered as ‘a gentle men game’, Gargi's brother encouraged her throughout.
- She was drafted in to the Bengal side and in 2 years she made the jump to the national team for the 1978 World Cup. Cricket Career She played a total of 12 Tests and 26 ODIs. and holds the record for scoring the most number of test runs in a career without a contributing century (614 runs).
- In her illustrious cricketing career, she overcame her unimpressive ODI achievements (15.73 from 26 matches over eight years) and later played her first Test, in a match where India fielded five other newcomers and Australia seven.
- She scored a half-century in the second innings and another one in the fourth Test of the series drawn 0-0.
- After two fifties, and incredible 6 for 9 in Cuttack, against New Zealand, Gargi was picked for India's first tour of England - in 1986 - where she scored 60 and 75 in the Blackpool Test.
- Sandhya Agarwal's century overshadowed Gargi's performance, but she made it to Australia in India's next tour in 1991. Accomplishments Impressed by her batting, late Madhavrao Scindia offered Gargi a job contract at the cricket field.
- She helped to raise the bar of women's cricket in India by being associated with Indian cricket in various capacities.
- As the chairperson of Indian women's cricket team selection committee (2011-2014) she gave chances to budding women cricketers.
- Gargi felt that the more number of matches the youngsters played, will help them understand the difference between domestic and international circuit.
- In April 2017, she was bestowed with the prestigious honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
- Inspiration to young girls who are aspiring cricketers, Gargi Banerji continues to boost the morale of girls who are inclined to make cricket as a viable career option.
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