List of India women Test cricketers

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Test cricket is the longest form of cricket. The women's variant of the game includes four innings to be completed over four days of play with eleven players in each side. [1] The first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934. [2] However, India did not play Test cricket until 1973 when the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed. [3] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies. [4] The Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006 as part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket. [5]

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India have played 41 Tests, starting with their first Test in 1976. They first won a Test in Patna (1976), in front of over 25,000 spectators, against the West Indies but did not win again until 2002, when they won against South Africa. The team has remained unbeaten since 2006, over the course of three Test matches. [6] [7]

Two of India's players, Diana Edulji and Sudha Shah, have featured in more than 20 Test matches. Ten other players have played in ten or more Test matches. [8] Sandhya Agarwal is India's all-time leading run scorer, and is ranked sixth among players from all countries. Among the top ten run scorers of all time, she has the fourth-highest average. [9] Sandhya Agarwal and Mithali Raj, with scores of 190 and 214 respectively, were record holders for the most runs scored in an innings. [10] Former captains Diana Edulji and Shubhangi Kulkarni are third and sixth in terms of most wickets taken in a career while Neetu David has the best bowling figures in an innings, having taken 8 wickets, conceding 53 runs in England's second innings in the hundredth women's Test. [11] [12]

Since the team was formed, 94 women have represented India in Test cricket. This list includes all players who have played at least one Test match and is arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by last name at the time of debut.

Key

General

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

Test cricketers

Statistics are correct as of 1 July 2024. [14] [15] [16]
General Batting Bowling Fielding
Cap NameFirstLastMat Inn NO Runs HS 100 50 Avg Balls Wkt BBI BBM Ave Ca St
1 Sharmila Chakraborty [17] 197619841111535265.831196195/257/7022.1010
2 Behroze Edulji [18] 197619761089000
3 Diana Edulji [19] 197619912030540457*116.165098+636/646/6425.7780
4 Susan Itticheria [20] 19761977710440116.6658872/212/4037.1420
5 Fowzieh Khalili [21] 19761977815234784326.69510
6 Shubhangi Kulkarni [22] 19761991193227001181223.333320+606/997/5727.45140
7 Sandhya Mazumdar [23] 19761977610084228.4020
8 Ujwala Nikam [24] 1976197781201252610.4120
9 Shobha Pandit [25] 19761977814024769117.6418441/41/418.7510
10 Shantha Rangaswamy [26] 19761991162637501081632.601555214/426/11431.61100
11 Sudha Shah [27] 197619912138660162*118.7884253/284/5064.20210
12 Runa Basu [28] 197619855602053.3329421/151/1555.5020
13 Jyotsna Patel [29] 19761976220422.0000
14 Rajeshwari Dholakia [30] 197619774644024*20.0011811/101/2243.0020
15 Uthpala Chakraborty [31] 1976197612100*0.0000
16 Gargi Banerjee [32] 198419911222061475*627.9032986/96/3217.1230
17 Vrinda Bhagat [33] 1984198424034168.505421/81/812.0020
18 Shashi Gupta [34] 198419911322645248*28.251962254/478/10031.2820
19 Nilima Jogalekar [35] 1984198561001724117.2060411
20 Anjali Pendharker [36] 1984198558021881227.254811/221/2231.0010
21 Sujata Sridhar [37] 198419863423220*16.0033632/462/8853.3310
22 Sandhya Agarwal [38] 198419951323111101904450.452411/01/020.0020
23 Arunadhati Ghosh [39] 1984198681221344113.4081652/262/6767.6030
24 Rita Dey [40] 19841985241844628.00220
25 Sandra Braganza [41] 198519916964519*15.0045042/352/3851.0000
26 Mithu Mukherjee [42] 19851991411762810.8532221/321/3284.5000
27 Lopamudra Bhattacharji [43] 19851985110777.0024000
28 Rekha Godbole [44] 19851985110666.0002
29 Rajani Venugopal [45] 19851995610025858325.8066020
30 Neeta Kadam [46] 19851985110333.0036000
31 Minoti Desai [47] 198619861205654128.0018000
32 Venkatacher Kalpana [48] 19861991350713414.2013
33 Rekha Punekar [49] 19861986230494716.3300
34 Manimala Singhal [50] 1986199161021164414.5053
35 Pramila Bhatt [51] 199119955721234224.60101693/425/6034.7710
36 Seema Desai [52] 19911991240492112.25138000
37 Chanderkanta Kaul [53] 1995199959031875335.3300
38 Sangita Dabir [54] 1995199547226460352.80585104/365/6313.6060
39 Neetu David [55] 199520061011725116.252662418/539/9018.9040
40 Laya Francis [56] 19951995440641.5055842/204/4038.7510
41 Anju Jain [57] 1995200381204411101336.75158
42 Renu Margrate [58] 19951999562582714.5050411/141/20141.0010
43 Rishijae Mudgal [59] 199519952413024*10.0012030
44 Purnima Rau [60] 199519995801233315.371164155/247/9821.2610
45 Arati Vaidya [61] 199519993611393927.8030000
46 Shyama Shaw [62] 1995199535218466261.3333653/193/6221.4010
47 Anjum Chopra [63] 199520061220254898430.4425821/91/944.00130
48 Kalyani Dhokarikar [64] 19991999121252125.0019221/172/5628.0000
49 Hemlata Kala [65] 1999200671005031102350.3020653/183/1819.6030
50 Deepa Marathe [66] 19992003560674011.16100283/143/6842.2510
51 Rupanjali Shastri [67] 1999199912015117.5024033/543/6020.0000
52 Jhulan Goswami [68] 200220211215329169224.252266445/2510/7817.3650
53 Bindeshwari Goyal [69] 2002200233111*0.5073852/233/6642.6000
54 Arundhati Kirkire [70] 20022002110333.0000
55 Mamatha Maben [71] 2002200344012550131.2554010
56 Mithali Raj [72] 20022021121936692141443.68720120
57 Amrita Shinde [73] 20022002110292929.004811/171/1717.0010
58 Jaya Sharma [74] 2002200222166*6.0031831/132/7135.3300
59 Sunita Singh [75] 20022002110242424.0010
60 Sulakshana Naik [76] 20022006230622520.6612
61 Sunetra Paranjpe [77] 20022006341333011.0048030
62 Nooshin Al Khadeer [78] 200320065724616*9.201239143/304/7426.6400
63 Amita Sharma [79] 200320065718250113.6674852/193/7350.4000
64 Rumeli Dhar [80] 2005200648023657129.5055282/162/2621.7500
65 Karu Jain [81] 200520145901954021.66143
66 Sravanthi Naidu [82] 20052005110999.0010022/302/6231.0000
67 Asha Rawat [83] 20052005110999.0012000
68 Monica Sumra [84] 20052006360612910.1600
69 Devika Palshikar [85] 20062006120763.5054000
70 Nidhi Buley [86] 2006200611100*72000
71 Preeti Dimri [87] 20062006232191919.0046853/755/11836.4000
72 Reema Malhotra [88] 200620061212312*23.0018000
73 Ekta Bisht [89] 2014201411100*22832/333/4414.6600
74 Thirush Kamini [90] 20142014230237192179.006000
75 Harmanpreet Kaur [91] 20142024691200690125.00428125/449/8515.4100
76 Smriti Mandhana [92] 2014202471216291492357.1812020
77 Niranjana Nagarajan [93] 20142014210272727.0023644/194/6623.7530
78 Shikha Pandey [94] 201420213525528*18.3324942/333/5835.2510
79 Poonam Raut [95] 20142021471264130144.0000
80 Shubhlakshmi Sharma [96] 20142014110444.0000
81 Rajeshwari Gayakwad [97] 2014202452100*0.001079114/545/8033.5430
82 Poonam Yadav [98] 201420141024632/223/6822.6600
83 Sushma Verma [99] 201420141041
84 Taniya Bhatia [100] 202120232316644*33.0040
85 Sneh Rana [101] 2021202445112180*130.25957238/7710/18820.9520
86 Shafali Verma [102] 2021202451015672051363.001811/71/77.0030
87 Deepti Sharma [103] 2021202458331978463.80981205/79/3918.1030
88 Pooja Vastrakar [104] 202120245621114727.75634154/535/9322.4600
89 Yastika Bhatia [105] 202120213509866119.6000
90 Meghna Singh [106] 2021202111122*12622/542/6633.0000
91 Renuka Singh [107] 20232024320984.5030021/302/6290.5000
92 Jemimah Rodrigues [108] 2023202435123573358.7512030
93 Shubha Satheesh [109] 202320242319769148.5020
94 Richa Ghosh [110] 2023202423015186232.5010

Test captains

No.Name [111] FirstLastMatWonLostTiedDrawWin%
1 Shantha Rangaswamy 197619841212098.33%
2 Nilima Jogalekar 19851985100010%
3 Diana Edulji 19851986400040%
4 Shubhangi Kulkarni 19861991301020%
5 Sandhya Agarwal 19911991101000%
6 Purnima Rau 19951995301020%
7 Pramila Bhatt 19951995100010%
8 Chanderkanta Kaul 19991999100010%
9 Anjum Chopra 200220023100233.33%
10 Mamatha Maben 20032003100010%
11 Mithali Raj 200520218310437%
12 Harmanpreet Kaur 2023202433000100%

Notes

  1. West Indies first innings scorecard was incomplete in Women's Test 57, played at Jammu, making it impossible to assign deliveries to individual bowlers for this game. [13]

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