Jhulan Goswami is an Indian former cricketer. She played for the India women's national cricket team from 2002 to 2022.
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national team in all formats. She plays as an all-rounder. In 2018, she became the first woman for India to score a century in a T20 International match. Kaur is the only Indian woman cricketer with more than 3,000 runs in T20Is. She is one of only three Indian women to have scored more than 3,000 runs in Women's ODI. In 2019, during the series against South Africa, she became the first Indian cricketer to play in 100 international Twenty20 matches.
Ekta Bisht is an Indian cricketer. She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She was India's first international woman cricketer from Uttarakhand. She was also the first cricketer for India to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.
Smriti Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team. She has been the recipient of the best international cricketer award many times over the years.
Poonam Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team as a leg-spin bowler. She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's Test debut, on 16 November 2014, was against South Africa and her ODI debut, on 12 April 2013, was against Bangladesh.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad is an Indian cricketer. She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She made her debut for India in a One Day International against Sri Lanka on 19 January 2014.
Deepti Sharma is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal, Birmingham Phoenix and India. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break. As of 2018, she was ranked 3rd in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings and had the third highest individual score by a female cricketer in ODIs.
Sneh Rana is an Indian cricketer, who currently plays for Railways and the India women's national team as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter.
Sabbineni Meghana is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Railways and India primarily as a right-handed batter. She has previously played for Andhra and South Zone.
Pooja Vastrakar is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national team as an all-rounder. She is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter. She made her international debut for India in 2018, against South Africa. In domestic cricket, she represents Madhya Pradesh.
Jemimah Rodrigues is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder who plays for the India women's national cricket team. She has been an integral part of the Asian Games and Asia Cup winning team of 2022.
Taniya Bhatia is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Punjab and India, primarily as a wicket-keeper. She is currently trained under coach RP Singh. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Bhatia as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018.
A cricket tournament was held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, during July and August 2022. It was cricket's first inclusion in the Commonwealth Games since a List A men's tournament was held at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with only a women's tournament being part of the Games.
Richa Ghosh is an Indian cricketer. In January 2020, at the age of 16, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Later in the same month, she was also named in India's squad for the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series. On 12 February 2020, she made her WT20I debut for India, against Australia, in the final of the tri-series. In May 2021, she was awarded a central contract for the first time.
The India women's cricket team played against Australia women's cricket team in September and October 2021, ahead of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day International (WODI) matches in September, a day/night Test match at the Carrara Stadium in Queensland between 30 September and 3 October, and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals in October. It was the first day/night Test match to be played by the Indian women's team. The last time the India women's cricket team played a Test match in Australia was during their tour in February and March 2006.
Meghna Singh is an Indian cricketer who plays for Railways. In August 2021, Singh earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, for their series against Australia, including being named in India's squad for the one-off women's Test match. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut on 21 September 2021, for India against Australia. She made her Test debut on 30 September 2021, also for India against Australia.
Yastika Bhatia is an Indian cricketer.
Simran Bahadur is an Indian cricketer who plays mainly as a bowler. In February 2021, Bahadur earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, for their limited overs matches against South Africa. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for India, against South Africa, on 20 March 2021.
The India women's cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2022. The tour consisted of five Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I). The WODI matches were used as preparation for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, also taking place in New Zealand.
The India women's cricket team toured Sri Lanka to play against the Sri Lanka women's cricket team in June and July 2022. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. The WODI matches were part of 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. Both teams used the matches as preparation for the women's cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Harmanpreet Kaur was named as India's new captain for the tour, after Mithali Raj announced her retirement from international cricket.
