India women's national cricket team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India National Cricket Team.

India

Nickname(s)	Women in Blue
Association	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
Captain	Harmanpreet Kaur
Coach	Hrishikesh Kanitkar (acting) [1]
History
Test status acquired	1976
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full member (1926)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current [2] Best-ever WODI 4th 2nd (1 May 2020) WT20I 4th 3rd (15 Nov 2019)
Women's Tests
First WTest	v   West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976
Last WTest	v   Australia at Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast; 30 September – 3 October 2021
WTests Played Won/Lost Total [3] 38 5/6 (27 draws) This year [4] 0 0/0 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI	v   England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978
Last WODI	v   England at Lord's, London; 24 September 2022
WODIs Played Won/Lost Total [5] 301 164/132 (1 ties, 4 no result) This year [6] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup appearances	10 (first in 1978 )
Best result	Runners-up (2005, 2017)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2017 )
Best result	Champions (2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v   England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006
Last WT20I	v   Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 23 February 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total [7] 167 89/74 (1 tie, 4 no results) This year [8] 10 6/3 (0 ties, 1 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2009 )
Best result	Runner-up (2020)
WTest kit WODI kit T20I kit
As of 23 February 2023

The India women's national cricket team, also known as Team India or Women in Blue, ^[9] represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by Board of Control for Cricket in India.

India made its Test debut in 1976, ^[10] against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup, which it hosted. India made its T20I debut in 2006, against England.

The team has made the ODI World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. India has made the semi-finals on three other occasions, in 1997, 2000, and 2009. India has also made the finals of the T20I World Cup on one occasion (2020) and the semi-finals on four occasions (2009, 2010, 2018 and 2023).

India won a Silver medal in 2022 Commonwealth Games. India has won all the editions of Women's Asia Cup, except the 2018 edition. India is the most successful women's cricket team in Asia.

History

Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women's Cricket World Cup game in Sydney

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first documented instance of cricket being played is in 1721. It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always loot the British ships so East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful. ^{[11] [12]} The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877. ^[13] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams. ^[14] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932. ^[15] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia. ^[16] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973. ^[17] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies. ^[18] India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1978 against West Indies under Shantha Rangaswamy's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna. ^{[19] [20]}

Indian Batter at Cricket World Cup 2010

Mithali Raj, Captain of India Women's cricket team

In 1973 Women's Cricket Association of India, the governing body for women's cricket was founded in Pune, Maharashtra. Premala Chavan was its first president. It was affiliated to International Women's Cricket Council. As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006/07. ^[21]

In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team. ^{[22] [23]} In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years. ^[24]

Governing body

Main article: Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006 to 2010 for US$612,000,000. ^[25] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Selection Committee

Further information: India national cricket team selectors

On 26 September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee. ^[26] Neetu David, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee. ^[26]

• Neetu David
• Arati Vaidya
• Renu Margrate
• Venkatacher Kalpana
• Mithu Mukherjee

Team colours

Sponsorship for ICC tournaments

Tournament	Kit manufacturer	Sleeve sponsor
1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
1978 Women's Cricket World Cup
1982 Hansells Vita Fresh World Cup
1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup
1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
1997 Hero Honda Women's World Cup		Wills
2000 CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup
2005 Women's Cricket World Cup		Sahara
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup	Nike
2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup
2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20		Star India
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2017 Women's Cricket World Cup		Oppo
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup		BYJU'S
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup	MPL Sports
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Kit sponsorship history

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1993-1996		Wills
1999-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003		Sahara
2003-2005
2005-2013	Nike
2014-2017		Star India
2017-2019		Oppo
2019-2020		BYJU'S
2020-2023	MPL Sports

Sponsorship

Current Sponsors & Partners

Team Sponsor	BYJU'S
Title Sponsor	Mastercard
Kit Sponsor	killer
Official Partners	Dream11
	LafargeHolcim (Ambuja Cements and ACC)
	Hyundai Motor India Limited
Official Broadcaster	Star Sports

The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's. ^[27] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019. ^[28] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017, ^[29] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005, ^[30] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011 ^[31] and 2016 ^[32] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020 ^[33] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020. ^{[34] [35] [36]}

On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the Expression of Interest process for Official Partners’ Rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. have acquired the Official Partners' Rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019-23. ^[37]

Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015 ^[38] and extended the same in 2019 ^[39] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously. ^{[40] [41]}

International grounds

Further information: List of women's Test cricket grounds, List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds, and List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds

Captains

Main articles: List of India women Test cricketers § Test captains, List of India women ODI cricketers § ODI captains, and List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers § WT20I captains

Forthcoming fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:

Bilateral series and tours
Date	Against	H/A/N	Results [Matches]
			Test	WODI	WT20I
February 2022	New Zealand	Away	–	1–4 [5]	0–1 [1]
September 2022	England	Away	–	3–0 [3]	1–2 [3]
December 2022	Australia	Home	–	–	1–4 [5]

Multiteam series and tournaments
Date	Series	Format	Position	Results [Matches]
March–April 2022	2022 Women's Cricket World Cup	WODI	5th	3–4 [7]
July–August 2022	2022 Commonwealth Games	WT20I	2nd	3–2 [5]
October 2022	2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup	WT20I	1st	7–1 [8]
February 2023	2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup	WT20I

Players

Former players

For a list of all Test players, see List of India women Test cricketers.

For a list of all ODI players, see List of India women ODI cricketers.

For a list of all Twenty20 International players, see List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers.

Squad

This lists all the active players who are centrally contracted with BCCI or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Updated on 27 March 2022

Key

Symbol	Meaning
C/G	Contract grade with the BCCI [42] [43]
S/N	Shirt number of the player in all formats
Format	Denotes the player's playing format

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	C/G	Forms	S/N
Captain and Batter
Harmanpreet Kaur	34	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Punjab	A	Test, ODI, T20I	7
Vice-captain and Batter
Smriti Mandhana	26	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Maharashtra	A	Test, ODI, T20I	18
Batters
Shafali Verma	19	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Haryana	B	Test, ODI, T20I	17
Punam Raut	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Railways	C	Test, ODI	14
Yastika Bhatia	23	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Baroda	-	Test, ODI, T20I	11
Jemimah Rodrigues	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Mumbai	C	Test, ODI, T20I	5
Sabbhineni Meghana	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Railways	-	ODI, T20I
All-rounders
Deepti Sharma	25	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Bengal	A	Test, ODI, T20I	6
Harleen Deol	24	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Himachal Pradesh	C	T20, ODI	98
Wicket-keeper
Taniya Bhatia	25	Right-handed	—	Punjab	B	Test, ODI, T20I	28
Richa Ghosh	19	Right-handed	—	Bengal	C	Test, ODI, T20I	13
Spin Bowlers
Rajeshwari Gayakwad	32	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Railways	A	Test, ODI, T20I	1
Sneh Rana	29	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Railways	C	Test, ODI, T20I	2
Poonam Yadav	31	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Railways	A	Test, ODI, T20I	24
Ekta Bisht	37	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Railways	-	Test, ODI, T20I	8
Pace Bowlers
Pooja Vastrakar	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Madhya Pradesh	B	Test, ODI, T20I	23
Meghna Singh	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Railways	-	Test, ODI, T20I
Shikha Pandey	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Goa	C	Test, ODI, T20I	12
Arundhati Reddy	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Railways	C	T20I	20
Simran Bahadur	23	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Delhi	-	ODi, T20I
Renuka Singh	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Railways	-	ODI, T20I

Players' salaries are as follows:

• Grade A – ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) per annum
• Grade B – ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) per annum
• Grade C – ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) per annum

Match fees

Players also receive a match fee of ₹15 lakh (US$19,000) per Test match, ₹6 lakh (US$7,500) per ODI, and ₹3 lakh (US$3,800) per T20I. The BCCI adopted a pay equity policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022. ^[44]

Personnel

• Head Coach – Vacant ^[1]
• Batting Coach – Hrishikesh Kanitkar ^[1]
• Fielding Coach – Abhay Sharma
• Nets Trainers – Tanveer Shukla, Sourav Tyagi, Utkarsh Singh, Akhil S Prasad
• Physiotherapist – Mitra Amin
• Fitness Trainer – Radha Krishnaswamy
• Analyst – Devraj Raut

Tournament history

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
1973	Did Not Compete
1978	Group Stage	4/4	3	0	3	0	0
1982	Group Stage	4/5	12	4	8	0	0
1988	Did Not Compete
1993	Group Stage	4/8	7	4	3	0	0
1997	Semi-finals	4/11	6	3	1	1	1
2000	Semi-finals	3/8	8	5	3	0	0
2005	Runners-up	2/8	9	5	2	0	2
2009	Super 6s	3/6	7	5	2	0	0
2013	Group Stage	7/8	4	2	2	0	0
2017	Runners-up	2/8	9	6	3	0	0
2022	Group Stage	5/8	7	3	4	0	0
2025
TOTAL	0 titles	10/12	72	37	31	1	3

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

World Cup Qualifier
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2017	Champions	1/10	8	8	0	0	0
TOTAL	1 Title	1/10	8	8	0	0	0

ICC Women's Championship

Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D	T	NR
2014-16	Group Stage [lower-alpha 1]	5/8	21	9	11	0	0	1
2017-20	Group Stage [lower-alpha 2]	4/8	21	10	8	0	0	3
TOTAL	Advanced	3/8	42	19	19	0	0	4

ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup

World Twenty20 record
Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Position
2009	4	2	2	0	0	Semi-finalists
2010	4	2	2	0	0	Semi-finalists
2012	3	0	3	0	0	Group Stage [45]
2014	5	3	2	0	0	Group Stage
2016	5	1	6	0	0	Group Stage
2018	5	4	1	0	0	Semi-finalists
2020	6	4	1	0	1	Runners-up
2023	5	3	2	0	0	Semi-finalists
Total	36	20	15	0	1	0 titles

ACC Women's Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Position
2004	5	5	0	0	0	Champions
2005–06	5	5	0	0	0	Champions
2006	5	5	0	0	0	Champions
2008	7	7	0	0	0	Champions
2012	4	4	0	0	0	Champions
2016	6	6	0	0	0	Champions
2018	6	4	2	0	0	Runners-up
2022	8	7	1	0	0	Champions
Total	46	43	3	0	0	7 titles

Honours

ICC

• Women's World Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2017
• Women's T20 World Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2020

ACC

• Women's Asia Cup:
  • Champions (7): 2004, 2005–06, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Others

• Commonwealth Games
  • Silver medal (1): 2022

Individual records

Further information: List of women's Test cricket records, List of women's One Day International cricket records, and List of women's Twenty20 International records

Statistics

Main article: India women's national cricket team record by opponent

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	W/L ratio	% Won	% Lost	% Draw	First	Last
Australia	10	0	4	6	0.00	0.00	40.00	60.00	1977	2021
England	14	2	1	11	2.00	14.28	7.14	78.57	1986	2021
New Zealand	6	0	0	6	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	1977	2003
South Africa	2	2	0	0	–	100.00	0.00	0.00	2002	2014
West Indies	6	1	1	4	1.00	16.66	16.66	66.66	1976	2014
Total	38	5	6	27	0.83	13.15	15.78	71.05	1976	2021
Statistics are correct as of   India v   Australia at Gold Coast, 3 October 2021. [46] [47] v t e

Most Test runs for India [48] Player Runs Average Sandhya Agarwal 1,110 50.45 Shanta Rangaswamy 750 32.60 Shubhangi Kulkarni 700 23.33 Mithali Raj 699 43.68 Gargi Banerji 614 27.90 Sudha Shah 601 18.78 Anjum Chopra 548 30.44 Hemlata Kala 503 50.30

Most Test wickets for India [49] Player Wickets Average Diana Edulji 63 25.77 Shubhangi Kulkarni 60 27.45 Jhulan Goswami 44 17.36 Neetu David 41 18.90 Shashi Gupta 25 31.28 Shanta Rangaswamy 21 31.61 Sharmila Chakraborty 19 22.10 Purnima Rau 15 21.26

• Highest team total: 467 v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
• Highest individual score: 214, Mithali Raj v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
• Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu David v England, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India
• Best match bowling: 10/78, Jhulan Goswami v England, 29 August 2006 at County Ground, Taunton, England

One-Day Internationals

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	% Won	First	Last
Australia	50	10	40	0	0	20.00	1978	2022
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	0	100.00	2013	2022
Denmark	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	1993	1993
England	76	34	40	0	2	45.94	1978	2022
International XI	3	3	0	0	0	100.00	1982	1982
Ireland	12	12	0	0	0	100.00	1993	2017
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	100.00	1993	2000
New Zealand	54	20	33	1	0	37.96	1978	2022
Pakistan	11	11	0	0	0	100.00	2005	2022
South Africa	28	15	12	0	1	55.55	1997	2022
Sri Lanka	32	29	2	0	1	93.54	2000	2022
West Indies	26	21	5	0	0	80.76	1993	2022
Total	301	164	132	1	4	55.38	1978	2022
Statistics are correct as of   India v   England at Lord's, 3rd ODI, 24 Sept 2022. [50] [51] v t e

Most ODI runs for India [52] Player Runs Average Mithali Raj 7,805 50.68 Harmanpreet Kaur 3,322 38.18 Smriti Mandhana 3,073 43.28 Anjum Chopra 2,856 31.38 Punam Raut 2,299 34.83 Jaya Sharma 2,091 30.75 Deepti Sharma 1,891 36.36 Anju Jain 1,729 29.81 Jhulan Goswami 1,228 14.61 Hemlata Kala 1,023 20.87

Most ODI wickets for India [53] Player Wickets Average Jhulan Goswami 255 22.04 Neetu David 141 16.34 Nooshin Al Khadeer 100 24.02 Rajeshwari Gayakwad 99 20.79 Ekta Bisht 98 21.83 Deepti Sharma 91 30.01 Amita Sharma 87 35.52 Poonam Yadav 80 25.15 Shikha Pandey 75 21.92 Gouher Sultana 66 19.39

Players in bold text are still active with India.

• Highest team total: 358/3 v Ireland, 15 May 2017 at Senwes Park, South Africa ^[54]
• Highest individual score: 188, Deepti Sharma v Ireland, 15 May 2017 at Senwes Park, South Africa ^[54]
• Best innings bowling: 6/10, Mamatha Maben v Sri Lanka, 25 April 2004 at Asgiriya Stadium, Sri Lanka

Twenty20 Internationals

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Tie+Win	Tie+Loss	No Result	% Won	First	Last
Australia	31	6	23	0	1	0	1	21.66	2008	2023
Bangladesh	13	11	2	0	0	0	0	84.61	2013	2022
Barbados	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2022	2022
England	27	7	20	0	0	0	0	25.92	2006	2023
Ireland	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	2018	2023
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	2018	2022
New Zealand	13	4	9	0	0	0	0	30.76	2009	2022
Pakistan	14	11	3	0	0	0	0	78.57	2009	2023
South Africa	16	9	5	0	0	0	2	64.28	2014	2023
Sri Lanka	23	18	4	0	0	0	1	81.81	2009	2022
Thailand	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	100	2018	2022
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2022	2022
West Indies	21	13	8	0	0	0	0	61.90	2011	2023
Total	167	88	74	0	1	0	4	54.29	2006	2023
Statistics are correct as of   India v   Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 23 February 2023. [55] [56] v t e

Most T20I runs for India [57] Player Runs Average Harmanpreet Kaur 3,058 28.05 Smriti Mandhana 2,802 27.74 Mithali Raj 2,364 37.52 Jemimah Rodrigues 1,704 29.89 Shafali Verma 1,333 24.23 Deepti Sharma 941 25.43 Veda Krishnamurthy 875 18.61 Punam Raut 719 27.65 Richa Ghosh 563 26.80 Jhulan Goswami 405 10.94

Most T20I wickets for India [58] Player Wickets Average Deepti Sharma 102 19.46 Poonam Yadav 98 15.25 Radha Yadav 68 21.38 Rajeshwari Gayakwad 58 18.29 Jhulan Goswami 56 21.94 Ekta Bisht 53 14.71 Anuja Patil 48 21.00 Shikha Pandey 43 26.16 Harmanpreet Kaur 32 24.84 Renuka Singh 31 23.45

See also

• India portal
• Cricket portal

• India men's national cricket team
• India national under-19 cricket team
• List of India women Test cricketers
• List of India women ODI cricketers
• List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Women in India, overview of situation of ladies in India
• Shweta Sherawat a promising U19 Cricketer of India
• Shafali Verma an exciting young talent of Indian Women’s Cricket Team

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1. Advance To 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
2. Advance To 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.

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