Karthika Vijayaraghavan

[1] As a child, she lived in Indiranagar, east Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, and participated in gully cricket on its streets, but did not play the game in a formal sense.

[3][2][4] In October 2017, Vijayaraghavan started playing in the women's cricket team fielded by the TV Pflugfelden sports club in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg.

Additionally, the physical exertion of playing the game in earnest left her with multiple blood clots on her arms and legs.

[7] In May 2018, soon after becoming eligible to play for Germany, Vijayaraghavan made her national debut against a sub-national team from the Netherlands, as a specialist batter.

She watched many videos of her favourite player, Sarah Taylor, and of leading Indian male wicketkeepers, and also had her husband give her throwdowns.

[3][4] On 26 June 2019, Vijayaraghavan made her WT20I and international wicket-keeping debut, against Scotland at the La Manga Club Ground, Murcia, Spain, in the first match of the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.

[10][11][12] In July 2021, Vijayaraghavan played in all five matches of another bilateral series, against France at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld.

[14] She later told Global Indian that that innings had improved her confidence levels, even though she had not scored many runs, as she does not get many chances to bat in international matches.