Karuna Jain retires from all forms of cricket

India women's cricketer Karuna Jain on Sunday announced her retirement from all forms of cricket.

Karuna featured for India in five Tests, 44 ODIs, and nine T20Is between 2005 and 2014, making 195, 987, and nine runs respectively.

She made her international debut for India in 2004 against the West Indies in Lucknow and scored 64 crucial runs. Over the course of her professional playing career, Karuna represented India, Karnataka, Pondicherry, and South Zone.

The wicket-keeper batter played most of her international matches in the ODI format - 44 ODIs and made 987 runs with a solitary hundred and nine fifties, with 103 as her highest score. In Test cricket, she played a total of five Test matches scoring 195 runs of which 40 was her highest score, since making her debut against England in Delhi in 2005.

She also played 9 T20I games after making her debut in the format against Pakistan.

Karuna Jain reflects on her retirement

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been a part of my cricketing journey from the very beginning to all my coaches, support staff, and my teammates whose been a part throughout my career, said Karuna Jain in her retirement post.

“Each one of them has taught me something different about the game and life that made me the player and person I am today. It’s been an incredible journey I’ve been able to have and it would not have been possible without everyone who supported me during my ups and downs,”

"My family being the biggest support and my brother being a cricketer himself made it easy and challenging for me to adopt the game and deliver the best in every time I stepped onto the grounds. I could continue to play the sport and contribute for a very long time because of unflinching support and sacrifices done by them.”

Looking forward to giving back to the game: Karuna

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the BCCI and the State Association that I have represented which include Air India, Karnataka and Pondicherry and all the support extended by them.

“With a lot of happy and satisfied feelings, I’m able to make this announcement of my retirement from all forms of cricket and looking forward to contributing back to the game,” Karuna concluded.

The Bangalore-based cricketer's last appearance in national colours came against England in 2014. 

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