Vellaswamy Vanitha

Vellaswamy Vanitha (born 19 July 1990) is an Indian cricketer. She is an opening batswoman from Karnataka. In January 2014, she made her Women’s One Day International (WODI) and Women’s Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut against Sri Lanka womens. Vanitha made her debut for Karnataka women’s cricket team in 2006. Her coach and mentor Irfan Sait has played an instrumental role in inculcating the required cricketing skills in her. Dilip, Naseer, Anant Dante and Rajini are the other coaches who helped her in raising her game at different points of her career.