Sophie Frances Monique Devine is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team, and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team. She has since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21st century cricket. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national cricket team in all formats. She plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team; and was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level, she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia, Perth Scorchers in WBBL and for Gujarat Giant in WPL. In March 2020, at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket, she represents the Maharashtra cricket team.
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 Bhagwan 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.
Veda Krishnamurthy is an Indian cricketer. She made her debut in international cricket at the age of 18 in a one day international (ODI) against England Women at Derby on 30 June 2011. Krishnamurthy went on to score 51 runs on her ODI international debut. She is a right-handed batter and bowls right-arm legbreak.
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.
Amelia Charlotte Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. On 13 June 2018, Kerr made the highest individual score in a WODI match, and became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket, when she scored 232 not out against Ireland. The double century was also the third-highest individual score, male or female, in an ODI, second-highest by a New Zealander and highest in a Women's ODI. Later in the same match, she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs, her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.
Pooja Vastrakar is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh and India 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.
Jemimah Jessica Rodrigues is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder who plays for the Indian national women's cricket team and Mumbai women's cricket team. She has also played for the Under-17 Maharashtra field hockey team.
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.
Shafali Verma is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women's national cricket team. In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) match for India. In June 2021, she became the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket. On 8 October 2022, she became the youngest cricketer to complete 1,000 runs in T20 Internationals. Under her captaincy, India won the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
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.
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 Harish Bhatia is an Indian cricketer. In February 2021, Bhatia earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, for their limited overs matches against South Africa. Bhatia said that her selection to the national team was surreal, and thanked her coach and club for the opportunity. She had also played for the India Women's A team during their tour of Australia in December 2019.
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.
Renuka Singh Thakur is an Indian cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh and the India women's national cricket team. Singh was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019–20 Senior Women's One Day League, with 23 dismissals. In August 2021, Singh earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, for their series against Australia. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 7 October 2021, for India against Australia.
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.
