Indian Women cricket team

April 8, 2025 12:38 PM

Three get maiden call up as BCCI names women’s ODI tri-series squad

Three youngsters Kashvee Gautam, Sree Charani, and Shuchi Upadhyay received maiden call-ups in the international side as BCCI named Harmanpreet Kaur-led squad for tri-nation ODI series against Sri Lanka and South Africa. Harmanpreet Kaur is back as the captain after sitting out the previous series against Ireland at home in January, while Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Arundhati Reddy and Amanjot Kaur have all returned to the mix. The selection committee said Renuka Singh Thakur and Titas Sadhu we...

March 18, 2025 12:09 PM

India women’s team has changed view of female sport, says Kohli

The achievements of India's women's cricket team in recent years have revolutionized perceptions towards women's sport, driving increased engagement, commercial success, and financial stability, according to batsman Virat Kohli. The India women's team, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games and gold at the Asian Games in 2022, are third in the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 and one-day rankings, trailing only Australia and England. "I think what the India women's cricket team has d...

December 27, 2024 3:39 PM

India women clean sweep West Indies 3-0 in ODI series

The Indian women’s team dominated the West Indies once again in a one-sided ODI match, winning by 5 wickets with 22.4 overs to spare. With this victory, they completed a clean sweep of the three-match series, proving their superiority over the tourists. Winning the toss, West Indies captain Hayley Mathews opted to bat first, a decision that quickly backfired as their batters struggled against some exceptional bowling from India. Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma led the charge with the ball, t...

June 29, 2024 2:37 PM

Women set record for most runs in a day in test history

Women Cricket team set a new record on Friday in the first day of their one-off test against South Africa, scoring 525 runs for four wickets, the highest total any team has amassed in a single day of Test cricket. The total includes fastest double hundred by opener Shafali Verma while her partner Smriti Mandhana contributed with a century at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The 354 runs scored by both are also the most by openers in an innings in women's Tests. Shafali ...