{{short description|American cricketer (born 2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Anika Kolan | female = true | image = | country = United States | international = true | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|8|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tracy, California, United States | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper
| odidebutdate = 11 April | odidebutyear = 2024 | odidebutagainst = Papua New Guinea | odicap = 6 | lastodidate = 28 October | lastodiyear = 2024 | lastodiagainst = Zimbabwe
| T20Idebutdate = 18 October | T20Idebutyear = 2021 | T20Idebutagainst = Brazil | T20Icap = 18 | lastT20Idate = 3 May | lastT20Iyear = 2024 | lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka
| hidedeliveries = true | columns = 2
| column1 = WT20I | matches1 = 22 | runs1 = 238 | bat avg1 = 14.87 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 54* | catches/stumpings1 = 9/2
| column2 = WODI | matches2 = 7 | runs2 = 155 | bat avg2 = 22.14 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 43 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/0
| date = 9 November 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1283435.html Cricinfo }} '''Anika Reddy Kolan''' (born 18 August 2006) is an American cricketer who plays for the United States women's national cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1283435.html |title=Anika Kolan |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bayareacricket.org/baca/viewPlayer.do?playerId=569856&clubId=1755 |title=Anika Kolan |work=Bay Area Cricket Alliance |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125080953/http://www.bayareacricket.org/baca/viewPlayer.do?playerId=569856&clubId=1755 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In October 2021, Kolan was named in the American Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) team for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/icc-news/team-usa-womens-squad-named-for-icc-americas-t20-world-cup-qualifier-in-mexico/ |title=Team USA Women's squad named for ICC Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier in Mexico |work=USA Cricket |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> She made her WT20I debut on 18 October 2021, in the opening match of the tournament against Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1282927.html |title=1st Match, Naucalpan, Oct 18 2021, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> The following month, she was also named in the USA squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/icc-news/team-usa-womens-squad-named-for-icc-womens-world-cup-qualifier-in-zimbabwe/ |title=Team USA Women's Squad named for ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe |work=USA Cricket |access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=USA name 15-member squad for Women’s World Cup global qualifiers; Lisa Ramjit recalled |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/usa-name-15-member-squad-for-womens-world-cup-global-qualifiers-lisa-ramjit-recalled |access-date=15 November 2021 |website=Women's CricZone}}</ref> On 25 November 2021, she played in the USA's second match of the tournament, against Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1286908.html |title=9th Match, Group B, Harare, Nov 25 2021, ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolan, Anika}} Category:2006 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Tracy, California Category:American women cricketers Category:United States women Twenty20 International cricketers Category:United States women One Day International cricketers Category:Cricketers from California Category:American people of Telugu descent Category:American people of Indian descent Category:Sportspeople of Indian descent Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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