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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Vellaswamy Vanitha
| female = true
| image =
| country = India
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2014–2016
| fullname = Vellaswamy Ramu Vanitha
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role =[[Batting (cricket)|Batter]]
| club1 = [[Karnataka women's cricket team|Karnataka]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2006/07–2020/21}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Bengal women's cricket team|Bengal]]
| year2 = 2021/22
| clubnumber2 =

| odidebutdate = 23 January
| odidebutyear = 2014
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 111
| lastodidate = 28 November
| lastodiyear = 2014
| lastodiagainst = South Africa

| T20Idebutdate = 25 January
| T20Idebutyear = 2014
| T20Idebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| T20Icap = 44
| lastT20Idate = 22 November
| lastT20Iyear = 2016
| lastT20Iagainst = West Indies

| columns = 2
| hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| column2 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]
| matches1 = 16
| matches2 = 6
| runs1 = 216
| runs2 = 85
| bat avg1 = 14.40
| bat avg2 = 17.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score1 = 41
| top score2 = 27
| deliveries1 = –
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets1 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 20 April 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/372242.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Vellaswamy Rama Vanitha''' (born 19 July 1990) is an Indian former [[cricket]]er.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/372242.html |title=Vellaswamy Vanitha |access-date=6 April 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> She played as an opening [[Batting (cricket)|batter]] from [[Karnataka]]. In January 2014, she made her [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) and [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) debuts, against [[Sri Lanka women's cricket team|Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11826/game/707467/india-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-3rd-odi-sri-lanka-women-tour-of-india-2013-14 |title=Sri Lanka women tour of India 2014, 3rd WODI |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11826/game/707469/india-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-1st-t20i-sri-lanka-women-tour-of-india-2013-14 |title=Sri Lanka women tour of India 2014, 1st WT20I |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> In February 2022, she retired from all forms of cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-women-vr-vanitha-retires-from-all-forms-of-cricket-1302134 |title=VR Vanitha retires from all forms of cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Vanitha has two sisters and a brother, and her family has been very supportive of her career choice. She used to train with boys at a coaching camp.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghoshal|first=Shuvro|date=9 May 2016|title=How Vellaswamy Vanitha turned a pastime into passion for the love of cricket|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/how-vellaswamy-vanitha-turned-pastime-into-passion-for-the-love-of-cricket|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/vanitha-vr-a-rebel-who-battled-the-odds-611217|title=Vanitha VR: A rebel who battled the odds|last=Hariharan|first=Shruti|date=29 May 2017|work=Cricket Country|access-date=24 September 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> Her father was the one who took her to the Karnataka Institute of Cricket when she was 11. As a child she often use to play gully cricket with her father and brother which helped in laying a strong foundation for love of cricket very early in her life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cricfit.com/exclusive-interview-with-vanitha-vr-i-want-to-represent-india-in-all-three-formats/|title=I want to represent India in all three forms|date = 20 June 2017|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

Vanitha studied at Seventh Day Adventist, Bangalore. Later, she studied at [[CMR Law School]] as well as [[MS Ramaiah College of Law]]. Apart from being a cricketer, she is also an entrepreneur. She launched Orgobliss in 2013, along with her brother.<ref name=":0"/>

==Career==
Vanitha made her debut for [[Karnataka women's cricket team]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/vanitha-vr-a-rebel-who-battled-the-odds-611217|title=Vanitha VR: A rebel who battled the odds|last=Hariharan|first=Shruti|date=29 May 2017|work=Cricket Country|access-date=24 September 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricfit.com/exclusive-interview-with-vanitha-vr-i-want-to-represent-india-in-all-three-formats/|title=Exclusive interview with Vanitha VR: I want to represent India in all three formats|last=Cricfit|date=20 June 2017|website=Cricfit|language=en-US|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{India Squad 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{India Squad 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{India Squad 2016 Women's Asia Cup}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women cricketers]]
[[Category:India women One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:India women Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Karnataka women cricketers]]
[[Category:Bengal women cricketers]]

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