Mithali Raj is an Indian former cricketer who captained the national team from 2004 to 2022. She is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket,and ESPN ranked her as one of the greatest female cricketers of all time. Raj has received several national and international awards,including the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2017,Arjuna Award in 2003,the Padma Shri in 2015,and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2021.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches,191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia,Kent,Hampshire and Southern Vipers,as well as overseas for Northern Districts,Western Australia,Perth Scorchers,South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
Women's cricket is the team sport of cricket when played by women. Its rules are almost identical to those in the game played by men,the main change being the use of a smaller ball. Women's cricket is beginning to be played at professional level in 11 of the 12 full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC),and is played worldwide,especially in Commonwealth nations.
Diana Edulji is an Indian former cricketer. Born in Mumbai to a Parsi family,she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level,before switching to cricket. At a cricket camp hosted by former Test cricketer Lala Amarnath,she honed her skills. Women's cricket was becoming more popular in India at the time. Diana went on to play for the Railways and then the Indian national cricket team where she was a successful slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She played her first series in 1975. In 1978 she was made the captain of the team. She remains the third highest wicket-taker in Tests.
Anjum Chopra is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. She started playing cricket at the age of 9. She played her first friendly match with the college girls' team at the inter-college level,scoring 20 runs and taking 2 wickets. Later the same year she was selected to play for New Delhi in the under−15 tournament.
Sarah Jane Taylor is an English cricketer and cricket coach. She appeared in 10 Test matches,126 One Day Internationals and 90 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2006 and her retirement from international cricket in 2019 due to an anxiety issue. Taylor is the fastest cricketer,male or female,to earn their first cap in all three formats of international cricket,doing so in the space of nine days against India in 2006.
Thirush Kamini is an Indian former cricketer who played 39 women's one-day internationals for the national team.
Jhulan Goswami is an Indian former cricketer. She played for the India women's national cricket team from 2002 to 2022.
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler,Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008. She plays as a hard-hitting lower-order batter,and scored her first century in a Women's Twenty20 International in 2010. She played in her 100th Women's One Day International (WODI) match,when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup,on 29 June 2017. She plays domestic cricket for Trinbago Knight Riders and Manchester Originals,and has previously played for Barbados,Trinidad and Tobago,Lancashire Thunder,North West Thunder,London Spirit,Perth Scorchers,Brisbane Heat,Adelaide Strikers,Trailblazers and Supernovas.
Rumeli Anup Dhar is an Indian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches,78 One Day Internationals and 18 Twenty20 Internationals for India between 2003 and 2018. She played domestic cricket for Bengal,Air India,Railways,Rajasthan,Assam and Delhi. She announced her retirement from all forms of cricket in June 2022. She is currently the head coach of the Odisha women's cricket team.
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.
Smriti Mandhana is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League. In domestic cricket,she represents Maharashtra. Mandhana has won three ICC Awards including Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year.
Squadron Leader Shikha Pandey is an Indian cricketer and former officer in the Indian Air Force. She plays for the national cricket team as a right-arm medium pacer and middle-order batter,and was an IAF air traffic control officer.
Anshuman Rath is a Hong Kong cricketer who previously captained the Hong Kong national cricket team. In September 2019,he retired from the Hong Kong national team to pursue a career in India. In August 2021,he became eligible to play as a local player in India as an Indian passport holder,and had represented Odisha since the 2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season.
The Odisha women's cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the Indian state of Odisha. The team has represented the state in Women's Senior One Day Trophy and Women's Senior T20 Trophy,since the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons,respectively. Their best result so far has been as runners-up in the 2014–15 edition of the One-Day Trophy.
The Railways women's cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team and is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board. The team has represented the state in Women's Senior One Day Trophy and Senior women's T20 league. The team is known as the powerhouse of the women's Indian cricket as they dominated the competitions in both List A and T20 format. They also produced many international women cricketers for India.
Vootala Sneha Deepthi is an Indian cricketer who plays for Andhra as a right-handed batter. She has played one One Day International and two Twenty20 Internationals for India in 2013,making her international debut in April 2013 in a T20I against Bangladesh.
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.
Shafali Verma is an Indian cricketer who plays for the 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.
Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan is an Indian cricketer who plays for Odisha. She is a right-arm off break bowler and lower-order batter. She captained the India Green team in the Under-23 Women's Challenger Trophy,where her team reached the final of the tournament.
