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]
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.
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Cap | Name | First | Last | Mat | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | 100 | 50 | Avg | Balls | Wkt | BBI | BBM | Ave | Ca | St |
1 | Sharmila Chakraborty [17] | 1976 | 1984 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 26 | – | – | 5.83 | 1196 | 19 | 5/ | 257/ 70 | 22.10 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Behroze Edulji [18] | 1976 | 1976 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
3 | Diana Edulji [19] ‡ | 1976 | 1991 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 404 | 57* | – | 1 | 16.16 | 5098+ | 63 | 6/ | 646/ 64 | 25.77 | 8 | 0 |
4 | Susan Itticheria [20] | 1976 | 1977 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 11 | – | – | 6.66 | 588 | 7 | 2/ | 212/ 40 | 37.14 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Fowzieh Khalili [21] † | 1976 | 1977 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 347 | 84 | – | 3 | 26.69 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 10 |
6 | Shubhangi Kulkarni [22] ‡ | 1976 | 1991 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 700 | 118 | 1 | 2 | 23.33 | 3320+ | 60 | 6/ | 997/ 57 | 27.45 | 14 | 0 |
7 | Sandhya Mazumdar [23] | 1976 | 1977 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 84 | 22 | – | – | 8.40 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
8 | Ujwala Nikam [24] | 1976 | 1977 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 125 | 26 | – | – | 10.41 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
9 | Shobha Pandit [25] | 1976 | 1977 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 247 | 69 | – | 1 | 17.64 | 184 | 4 | 1/ | 41/ 4 | 18.75 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Shantha Rangaswamy [26] ‡ | 1976 | 1991 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 750 | 108 | 1 | 6 | 32.60 | 1555 | 21 | 4/ | 426/ 114 | 31.61 | 10 | 0 |
11 | Sudha Shah [27] | 1976 | 1991 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 601 | 62* | – | 1 | 18.78 | 842 | 5 | 3/ | 284/ 50 | 64.20 | 21 | 0 |
12 | Runa Basu [28] | 1976 | 1985 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 5 | – | – | 3.33 | 294 | 2 | 1/ | 151/ 15 | 55.50 | 2 | 0 |
13 | Jyotsna Patel [29] | 1976 | 1976 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
14 | Rajeshwari Dholakia [30] | 1976 | 1977 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 24* | – | – | 20.00 | 118 | 1 | 1/ | 101/ 22 | 43.00 | 2 | 0 |
15 | Uthpala Chakraborty [31] | 1976 | 1976 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
16 | Gargi Banerjee [32] | 1984 | 1991 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 614 | 75* | – | 6 | 27.90 | 329 | 8 | 6/ | 96/ 32 | 17.12 | 3 | 0 |
17 | Vrinda Bhagat [33] | 1984 | 1984 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 16 | – | – | 8.50 | 54 | 2 | 1/ | 81/ 8 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 |
18 | Shashi Gupta [34] | 1984 | 1991 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 452 | 48* | – | – | 28.25 | 1962 | 25 | 4/ | 478/ 100 | 31.28 | 2 | 0 |
19 | Nilima Jogalekar [35] †‡ | 1984 | 1985 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 172 | 41 | – | – | 17.20 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 11 |
20 | Anjali Pendharker [36] | 1984 | 1985 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 218 | 81 | – | 2 | 27.25 | 48 | 1 | 1/ | 221/ 22 | 31.00 | 1 | 0 |
21 | Sujata Sridhar [37] | 1984 | 1986 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 20* | – | – | 16.00 | 336 | 3 | 2/ | 462/ 88 | 53.33 | 1 | 0 |
22 | Sandhya Agarwal [38] ‡ | 1984 | 1995 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 1110 | 190 | 4 | 4 | 50.45 | 24 | 1 | 1/ | 01/ 0 | 20.00 | 2 | 0 |
23 | Arunadhati Ghosh [39] | 1984 | 1986 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 134 | 41 | – | – | 13.40 | 816 | 5 | 2/ | 262/ 67 | 67.60 | 3 | 0 |
24 | Rita Dey [40] † | 1984 | 1985 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 46 | – | – | 28.00 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
25 | Sandra Braganza [41] | 1985 | 1991 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 19* | – | – | 15.00 | 450 | 4 | 2/ | 352/ 38 | 51.00 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Mithu Mukherjee [42] | 1985 | 1991 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 28 | – | – | 10.85 | 322 | 2 | 1/ | 321/ 32 | 84.50 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Lopamudra Bhattacharji [43] | 1985 | 1985 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | – | – | 7.00 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
28 | Rekha Godbole [44] † | 1985 | 1985 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | – | – | 6.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 |
29 | Rajani Venugopal [45] | 1985 | 1995 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 258 | 58 | – | 3 | 25.80 | 66 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
30 | Neeta Kadam [46] | 1985 | 1985 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3.00 | 36 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
31 | Minoti Desai [47] | 1986 | 1986 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 54 | – | 1 | 28.00 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
32 | Venkatacher Kalpana [48] † | 1986 | 1991 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 34 | – | – | 14.20 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
33 | Rekha Punekar [49] | 1986 | 1986 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 47 | – | – | 16.33 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
34 | Manimala Singhal [50] † | 1986 | 1991 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 116 | 44 | – | – | 14.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 |
35 | Pramila Bhatt [51] | 1991 | 1995 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 123 | 42 | – | – | 24.60 | 1016 | 9 | 3/ | 425/ 60 | 34.77 | 1 | 0 |
36 | Seema Desai [52] | 1991 | 1991 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 21 | – | – | 12.25 | 138 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
37 | Chanderkanta Kaul [53] ‡ | 1995 | 1999 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 318 | 75 | – | 3 | 35.33 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
38 | Sangita Dabir [54] | 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 264 | 60 | – | 3 | 52.80 | 585 | 10 | 4/ | 365/ 63 | 13.60 | 6 | 0 |
39 | Neetu David [55] | 1995 | 2006 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 11 | – | – | 6.25 | 2662 | 41 | 8/ | 539/ 90 | 18.90 | 4 | 0 |
40 | Laya Francis [56] | 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 1.50 | 558 | 4 | 2/ | 204/ 40 | 38.75 | 1 | 0 |
41 | Anju Jain [57] † | 1995 | 2003 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 441 | 110 | 1 | 3 | 36.75 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 8 |
42 | Renu Margrate [58] | 1995 | 1999 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 27 | – | – | 14.50 | 504 | 1 | 1/ | 141/ 20 | 141.00 | 1 | 0 |
43 | Rishijae Mudgal [59] | 1995 | 1995 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 24* | – | – | 10.00 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
44 | Purnima Rau [60] ‡ | 1995 | 1999 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 123 | 33 | – | – | 15.37 | 1164 | 15 | 5/ | 247/ 98 | 21.26 | 1 | 0 |
45 | Arati Vaidya [61] | 1995 | 1999 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 139 | 39 | – | – | 27.80 | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
46 | Shyama Shaw [62] | 1995 | 1995 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 184 | 66 | – | 2 | 61.33 | 336 | 5 | 3/ | 193/ 62 | 21.40 | 1 | 0 |
47 | Anjum Chopra [63] ‡ | 1995 | 2006 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 548 | 98 | – | 4 | 30.44 | 258 | 2 | 1/ | 91/ 9 | 44.00 | 13 | 0 |
48 | Kalyani Dhokarikar [64] | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | – | – | 25.00 | 192 | 2 | 1/ | 172/ 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Hemlata Kala [65] | 1999 | 2006 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 503 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 50.30 | 206 | 5 | 3/ | 183/ 18 | 19.60 | 3 | 0 |
50 | Deepa Marathe [66] | 1999 | 2003 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 40 | – | – | 11.16 | 1002 | 8 | 3/ | 143/ 68 | 42.25 | 1 | 0 |
51 | Rupanjali Shastri [67] | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | – | – | 7.50 | 240 | 3 | 3/ | 543/ 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
52 | Jhulan Goswami [68] | 2002 | 2021 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 291 | 69 | – | 2 | 24.25 | 2266 | 44 | 5/ | 2510/ | 7817.36 | 5 | 0 |
53 | Bindeshwari Goyal [69] | 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | – | 0.50 | 738 | 5 | 2/ | 233/ 66 | 42.60 | 0 | 0 |
54 | Arundhati Kirkire [70] † | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
55 | Mamatha Maben [71] ‡ | 2002 | 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 50 | – | 1 | 31.25 | 54 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
56 | Mithali Raj [72] ‡ | 2002 | 2021 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 669 | 214 | 1 | 4 | 43.68 | 72 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
57 | Amrita Shinde [73] | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | – | – | 29.00 | 48 | 1 | 1/ | 171/ 17 | 17.00 | 1 | 0 |
58 | Jaya Sharma [74] | 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6* | – | – | 6.00 | 318 | 3 | 1/ | 132/ 71 | 35.33 | 0 | 0 |
59 | Sunita Singh [75] | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | – | – | 24.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
60 | Sulakshana Naik [76] † | 2002 | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 25 | – | – | 20.66 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
61 | Sunetra Paranjpe [77] | 2002 | 2006 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 30 | – | – | 11.00 | 48 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
62 | Nooshin Al Khadeer [78] | 2003 | 2006 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 16* | – | – | 9.20 | 1239 | 14 | 3/ | 304/ 74 | 26.64 | 0 | 0 |
63 | Amita Sharma [79] | 2003 | 2006 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 82 | 50 | – | 1 | 13.66 | 748 | 5 | 2/ | 193/ 73 | 50.40 | 0 | 0 |
64 | Rumeli Dhar [80] | 2005 | 2006 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 236 | 57 | – | 1 | 29.50 | 552 | 8 | 2/ | 162/ 26 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 |
65 | Karu Jain [81] † | 2005 | 2014 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 40 | – | – | 21.66 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 3 |
66 | Sravanthi Naidu [82] | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | – | – | 9.00 | 100 | 2 | 2/ | 302/ 62 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 |
67 | Asha Rawat [83] | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | – | – | 9.00 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
68 | Monica Sumra [84] | 2005 | 2006 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 29 | – | – | 10.16 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
69 | Devika Palshikar [85] | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | – | – | 3.50 | 54 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
70 | Nidhi Buley [86] | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | – | 72 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
71 | Preeti Dimri [87] | 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | – | – | 19.00 | 468 | 5 | 3/ | 755/ 118 | 36.40 | 0 | 0 |
72 | Reema Malhotra [88] | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12* | – | – | 23.00 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
73 | Ekta Bisht [89] | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | – | 228 | 3 | 2/ | 333/ 44 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 |
74 | Thirush Kamini [90] | 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 192 | 1 | – | 79.00 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
75 | Harmanpreet Kaur [91] | 2014 | 2024 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 200 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | 428 | 12 | 5/ | 449/ | 8515.41 | 0 | 0 |
76 | Smriti Mandhana [92] | 2014 | 2024 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 629 | 149 | 2 | 3 | 57.18 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
77 | Niranjana Nagarajan [93] | 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27 | – | – | 27.00 | 236 | 4 | 4/ | 194/ | 6623.75 | 3 | 0 |
78 | Shikha Pandey [94] | 2014 | 2021 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 28* | – | – | 18.33 | 249 | 4 | 2/ | 333/ | 5835.25 | 1 | 0 |
79 | Poonam Raut [95] | 2014 | 2021 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 264 | 130 | 1 | – | 44.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
80 | Shubhlakshmi Sharma [96] | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
81 | Rajeshwari Gayakwad [97] | 2014 | 2024 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0.00 | 1079 | 11 | 4/ | 545/ | 8033.54 | 3 | 0 |
82 | Poonam Yadav [98] | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 246 | 3 | 2/ | 223/ | 6822.66 | 0 | 0 |
83 | Sushma Verma [99] † | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 |
84 | Taniya Bhatia [100] † | 2021 | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 44* | – | – | 33.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
85 | Sneh Rana [101] | 2021 | 2024 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 80* | – | 1 | 30.25 | 957 | 23 | 8/ | 7710/ | 18820.95 | 2 | 0 |
86 | Shafali Verma [102] | 2021 | 2024 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 567 | 205 | 1 | 3 | 63.00 | 18 | 1 | 1/ | 71/ | 77.00 | 3 | 0 |
87 | Deepti Sharma [103] | 2021 | 2024 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 319 | 78 | – | 4 | 63.80 | 981 | 20 | 5/ | 79/ | 3918.10 | 3 | 0 |
88 | Pooja Vastrakar [104] | 2021 | 2024 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 111 | 47 | – | – | 27.75 | 634 | 15 | 4/ | 535/ | 9322.46 | 0 | 0 |
89 | Yastika Bhatia [105] | 2021 | 2021 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 66 | – | 1 | 19.60 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
90 | Meghna Singh [106] | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | – | – | 126 | 2 | 2/ | 542/ | 6633.00 | 0 | 0 |
91 | Renuka Singh [107] | 2023 | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | – | – | 4.50 | 300 | 2 | 1/ | 302/ | 6290.50 | 0 | 0 |
92 | Jemimah Rodrigues [108] | 2023 | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 235 | 73 | – | 3 | 58.75 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
93 | Shubha Satheesh [109] | 2023 | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 97 | 69 | – | 1 | 48.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
94 | Richa Ghosh [110] | 2023 | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 86 | – | 2 | 32.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
No. | Name [111] | First | Last | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Win% |
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1 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1976 | 1984 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8.33% |
2 | Nilima Jogalekar | 1985 | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
3 | Diana Edulji | 1985 | 1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
4 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986 | 1991 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
5 | Sandhya Agarwal | 1991 | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
6 | Purnima Rau | 1995 | 1995 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
7 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
8 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
9 | Anjum Chopra | 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
10 | Mamatha Maben | 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
11 | Mithali Raj | 2005 | 2021 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37% |
12 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2023 | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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