Kiran Navgire is an Indian cricketer. She played for UP Warriorz Women in the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL).
Wiki/Biography
Kiran Prabhu Navgire was born on Sunday, 18 September 1994 (age 28; as of 2022) in Mir, Solapur, Maharashtra. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. She completed her education from Shree Chandrashekhar Vidyalaya, Shripur, Maharashtra. She studied Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Hindi from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. She holds a Master’s Degree (MA) in Political Science and Government from Abeda Inamdar College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune. She represented the school in kho-kho, kabaddi as well as district and state level athletics competitions. She has won several honors and awards in athletics in the under-16, under-19 and under-23 age groups. Kiran participated in national level competitions from 2010 to 2011; she won the gold medal in javelin throw at the inter-school competition in 2011-2012.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 34-29-35
family
She was born into a lower-middle-class family in Solapur, Maharashtra.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Prabhu Najire. He is a farmer. Her mother’s name is Rasha. She is a housewife. She has two brothers, Rajnarayan Navgire and Akshay Prabhu Navgire. Akshay Prabhu Navgire is a mechanical engineering graduate.
Kiran Prabhu Navajre’s parents
Rajnarayan Najire
Akshay Prabhu Najire
husband
Kiran Navgire is not married yet.
Relationships/Affairs
unknown.
cricket
domestic
Kiran Navgire has represented Maharashtra Women, Nagaland Women, IPL Velocity and India C Women in domestic competitions. In 2016, Nawagir participated in a college tournament at Azam Sports Academy in Pune; she met Gulzar Sheikh, who later became her coach. Sheikh and the director of Azam Sports Academy visited her after the game and learned of her lack of professional training and humble origins; both of them were impressed by her talent and offered her the opportunity to train for free at the academy. This put Kieran in a dilemma as she wanted to pursue a career in sports. Both the president and the coach suggested choosing cricket over athletics and later, she switched from athletics to cricket. During the 2016-2017 season, she scored 429 runs in five games in a tournament organized by the Pune District Cricket Association (PDCA). PDCA selectors were impressed with her talent and sent her to the state team trials that same year; however, she was not selected for the state team. In 2017, she met Jonty Gilbile at a PDCA Shinde League competition held at Pune Law College; he later became her coach. On 24 December 2017, she was selected for the Maharashtra women’s team; she made her debut against the Railways women’s team. Kiran was part of the Maharashtra team between 2017 and 2021; however, she was not a regular starter in the team and found it difficult to make it into the eleven.
Kiran Navgire with Maharashtra Women’s Team
In 2019, she was the second highest scorer in the PDCA Sadu Shinde League (2019) with 131 points in two games. She was left out of the Maharashtra women’s team for the 2021-2022 season when domestic cricket resumed after the coronavirus lockdown. Kiran learned from friends that the Nagaland women’s football team is looking for guest players for the 2021-2022 season; Navajire applied to join the team and was selected for the Nagaland women’s team. She played six matches for the Nagaland women’s team in the Women’s Senior One-Day Cup (2021-2022), scoring 137 runs and taking 11 wickets. The cricketer has been named in the Nagaland women’s team for the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy 2021-2022.
Kiran Navgire plays for Nagaland women’s football team
She scored 162 off 76 balls against Arunachal Pradesh Women in the opening match of the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy (2021-2022) at ACA Stadium, Balsapara on 15 April 2022. points, with a shooting percentage of 213.16. In the quarter-finals of the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy, she scored 56 runs off 44 balls against Kerala Women; however, Nagaland lost by 7 wickets for the first time since 2018 Nagaland has advanced to the knockout stages of the domestic tournament for the first time since joining the BCCI in 2016. Kiran scored a century and four half-centuries and emerged as the top scorer in the Women’s Senior T20 Championship 2021-2022 with 525 runs in 7 matches. In 2022, she played three matches for the India C team in the 2022-2023 Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Cup, scoring 26 points.
Kiran Navgire with India Women’s C Team
In 2022, Navgire was selected for the Nagaland women’s team to compete in the 2022-2023 Women’s Senior One-Day Cup and the 2022-2023 Women’s Senior T20 Cup; however, the cricketer failed to replicate last season’s performance and Nagaland failed to Advancement from the group stage of two matches.
International
T20
In August 2022, she was selected for the Indian women’s team for the tour of England. Kiran Navgire made her T20 international debut against England Women at Chester-le-Street on 10 September 2022; Navgire scored 7 runs from 13 balls. She played in the first two games of the series but was left out of the eleven for the final game. On September 21, 2022, she was selected into the 15-man squad for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup T20. On October 3, 2022, Kiran was sent off for a duck in the Women’s Asian Cup match against the Malaysian women’s team; she played three more games in the competition and scored ten points against the UAE women’s team.
Indian women’s football team wins Asian Cup
Women’s T20 Challenge
On May 16, 2022, IPL Velocity announced the signing of Kiran Navgire ahead of the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge. She made her debut against Supernovas; however, she did not bat in the match and Velocity won by 7 wickets. In the second match, she scored 69 runs off 34 balls against the Trail Blazers with a strike rate of 202.94; she started her match with a six-wicket haul and scored the fastest half-century in the history of the tournament. In the final game of the championship against Supernovas, she was bowled for a duck by Sophie Ecclestone; she took thirteen penalties and was heavily criticized by the fans.
Photos from Kiran Navajire’s post-match press conference
Kiran Navgire’s High Velocity debuts, registers fastest 50 #My11CircleWT20C #WhistlePodu 🦁💛📸： @IPL pic.twitter.com/37m6P6hLwL
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 26, 2022
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
UP Warriorz Women signed her on 13 February 2023 ahead of the inaugural season of the Women’s Super League (2022-2023). She made her debut against the Gujarat Giants on March 5, 2023, scoring 53 points off 43 balls with a strike rate of 123.26. Kieran scored 155 points in 9 games in the 2022-2023 Women’s Super League season with a shooting percentage of 114.81.
Record
- She scored the fastest half-century in the Women’s T20 Challenge.
- She is the first Indian player (male or female) to score more than 150 runs in T20 cricket.
car collection
She owns a Maruti Suzuki Nexa.
Kiran Navgire and her car
salary
In 2023, UP Warriorz signed her for Rs. The prize money for the first season of WPL is Rs 30 lakh.
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- Her jersey number in the UP Warriorz women’s game is #5.
Kiran Navgire plays for UP Warriorz Women’s Team
- In an interview, she revealed that when she was an athlete, she was inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt.
- Savita Vora, a social worker who knew Navgire’s family, suggested that Kiran move from his hometown to Baramati in Maharashtra to pursue a college education; Vora promised that the cricketer would Maharashtra will get all the necessary help from her acquaintances during Baramati.
- In her first match for the UP Warriorz women’s team, she used an unsponsored bat that said “MSD O7”; there were some issues with her sponsorship and she didn’t get it on time for her first match sponsor.
Have you ever wondered why Kiran Navgire has “MSD O7” engraved on her bat? ! 🤔 #UPWarriorzUttarDega #WPL pic.twitter.com/mbtoFTfF40
— UP Warriorz (@UPWarriorz) March 15, 2023
- Kiran’s school is 7 kilometers away from her home and she used to cycle 14 kilometers every day. When asked about her physical strength during the interview, she noted that cycling may have helped her build strength.
- In an interview, her coach Gulzar Sheikh called her a natural power hitter and noted that she is best suited to a finisher role in the team; he added that her athletic Background may be the reason behind the power of her hitting.
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Source: HIS Education