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India
India
Nickname(s)Women in Blue
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
Captain
CoachIndia W. V. Raman[1]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member (1926)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
WODI 3rd 2nd
WT20I 5th 5th
Women's Tests
First WTestv  West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976
Last WTestv  South Africa at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore; 16–19 November 2014
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 36 5/6
(25 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978
Last WODIv  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 1 February 2019
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 263 144/114
(1 ties, 4 no result)
This year[6] 3 2/1
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup appearances9 (first in 1978)
Best resultRunner-Up (2005, 2017)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultWinner (2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006
Last WT20Iv  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 10 February 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[7] 101 53/46
(0 ties, 2 no result)
This year[8] 3 0/3
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances6 (first in 2009)
Best resultSemi-final (2009, 2010, 2018)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 27 July 2019

The India women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Women in Blue,[citation needed] represents the country of India in international women's cricket.

India made its Test debut in 1976,[9] against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup, which it hosted. The team has made the World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005, and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. India has made the semi-finals on three other occasions, in 1997, 2000, and 2009. India has also made the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 on three occasions (2009, 2010, and 2018).

History

Eight female cricketers stand on a field. Two players are in red practice jerseys; three other players in red jerseys are facing toward them; a player in a blue shirt is facing away and hides another player in a blue game shirt. In the upper left corner is a fan with an Indian flag.
Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women's Cricket World Cup game in Sydney

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[10] The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877.[11] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[12] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[13] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[14] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[15] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[16] India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1978 against West Indies under Shantha Rangaswamy's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna.[17][18]

Indian Batswoman at Cricket Worlds Cup 2010
Mithali Raj, Captain of India Women's cricket team

As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006.[19]

Governing body

Main article: Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006–2010 for US$612,000,000.[20] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.

The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Team colours

Team colour is blue.

International grounds

Further information: List of women's Test cricket grounds and List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds
See also: List of international cricket grounds in India

Fourteen grounds in India have hosted women's international Test cricket matches. The first women's international test cricket match hosted in India was held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on 31 October 1976.

Six grounds in India have hosted women's T20I matches. The first women's T20I match hosted in India was held at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in Mumbai on 4 March 2010.

Captains

Main articles: List of India women Test cricketers § Test captains, and List of India women ODI cricketers § ODI captains

Results and fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:

Bilateral series and tours
Date Against H/A/N Results [Matches]
Test WODI WT20I
September 2018  Sri Lanka Away – 2-1 [3] 4-0 [5]
January–February 2019  New Zealand Away – 2-1 [3] 0-3 [3]
February–March 2019  England Home – 2-1 [3] 0-3 [3]
September 2019  South Africa Home – [3] [5]
Multiteam series and tournaments
Date Series Format Position Results [Matches]
November 2018 Cricket West Indies 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 WT20I Semi-finalist 4-1 [5]
January–February 2020 Australia 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series WT20I TBD [4]
February–March 2020 Australia 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup WT20I TBD [4]

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for India in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played.

Key

  • C/G = Contract grade
  • S/N = Shirt number
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Zone C/G Forms S/N
Test and ODI Captain
Mithali Raj 42 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Railways Central A Test, ODI, T20I 3
T20I Captain
Harmanpreet Kaur 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Railways North A ODI, T20I 17
Batswomen
Thirush Kamini 34 Left-handed Leg break Railways Central - ODI, T20I 16
Veda Krishnamurthy 32 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Karnataka South C ODI, T20I 79
Smriti Mandhana 28 Left-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra West A ODI, T20I 18
Mona Meshram 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium C ODI, T20I
Poonam Raut 35 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Railways Central C ODI, T20I 14
Vellaswamy Vanitha 34 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Karnataka South - ODI, T20I 14
Latika Kumari 33 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Delhi North - T20I 15
Jemimah Rodrigues 24 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Delhi North B ODI, T20I
Wicket-keeper
Sushma Verma 32 Right-handed n/a Himachal Pradesh North - ODI, T20I 5
Ravi Kalpana 28 Right-handed n/a Andhra South - ODI, T20I 11
Nuzhat Parveen 28 Right-handed n/a Railways Central - ODI, T20I
Taniya Bhatia 27 Right-handed n/a Punjab North C ODI, T20I
All-rounders
Jhulan Goswami 42 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Bengal East B Test, ODI 25
Shikha Pandey 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Goa South B ODI, T20I 99
Deepti Sharma 27 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Uttar Pradesh North B ODI, T20I 6
Dayalan Hemalatha 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break Maharashtra South C ODI, T20I
Anuja Patil 32 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Maharashtra West C ODI, T20I 82
Bowlers
Ekta Bisht 38 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Railways Central B ODI, T20I 8
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 34 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Railways Central C ODI, T20I 1
Mansi Joshi 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast C ODI, T20I
Sneh Rana 30 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Punjab North - ODI, T20I 7
Arundhati Reddy 27 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Hyderabad C ODI, T20I
Pooja Vastrakar 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways Central C T20I
Poonam Yadav 33 Right-handed Right-arm legbreak C ODI, T20I
Radha Yadav 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Railways North C T20I

The BCCI awarded contracts to women cricketers for the first time in the 2015-16 fiscal year.[21] Contracts are pay graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:

  • Grade A – ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) per annum
  • Grade B – ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) per annum
  • Grade C – ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) per annum[22]

Support staff

Tournament history

World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
England 1973 Did Not Compete
India 1978 Group Stage 4/4 3 0 3 0 0
New Zealand 1982 Group Stage 4/5 12 4 8 0 0
Australia 1988 Did Not Compete
England 1993 Group Stage 4/8 7 4 3 0 0
India 1997 Semi-finals 4/11 6 3 1 1 1
New Zealand 2000 Semi-finals 3/8 8 5 3 0 0
South Africa 2005 Runners-up 2/8 9 5 2 0 2
Australia 2009 Super 6s 3/6 7 5 2 0 0
India 2013 Group Stage 7/8 4 2 2 0 0
England 2017 Runner-up 2/8 9 6 3 0 0
New Zealand 2021 – – – – – – –
TOTAL Runners-Up x2 10/12 65 34 27 1 3

Twenty20 World Cup

World Twenty20 record
Year Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
2009 England 4 2 2 0 0 Semi-Finalists
2010 Cricket West Indies 4 2 2 0 0 Semi-Finalists
2012 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 Group Stage[23]
2014 Bangladesh 5 3 2 0 0 Group Stage
2016 India 5 1 4 0 0 Group Stage
2018 Cricket West Indies 5 4 1 0 0 Semi-Finalists
2020 Australia – – – – – –
2022 South Africa – – – – – –
Total 25 12 14 0 0 Semi-Finalists (3 times)

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
2004 Sri Lanka 5 5 0 0 0 Champions
2005–06 Pakistan 5 5 0 0 0 Champions
2006 India 5 5 0 0 0 Champions
2008 Sri Lanka 7 7 0 0 0 Champions
2012 China 4 4 0 0 0 Champions
2016 Thailand 6 6 0 0 0 Champions
2018 Malaysia 6 4 2 0 0 Runners-Up
Total 38 36 2 0 0 Champions (6 times)

Individual records

Further information: List of women's Test cricket records, List of women's One Day International cricket records, and List of women's Twenty20 International records

Statistics

Main article: India women's national cricket team record by opponent

One-Day Internationals

Template:India Women ODI cricket records by opponent

Players in bold text are still active with India. [check quotation syntax]

Twenty20 Internationals

Template:India Women T20I cricket records by opponent

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations Template:India Women Test cricket record by opponent

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to India women's national cricket team.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "W.V. Raman is the new Indian women's cricket team coach". thehindu. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "Women's Test matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "WODI matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "The history of Indian women's cricket".
  10. ^ Downing, Clement (1978). A History of the Indian Wars. p. 189. OCLC 5905776.
  11. ^ "Cricket and Politics in Colonial India". Ramachandra Guha. 1998. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  12. ^ "India in England, 1911". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  13. ^ "England v India 1932". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  14. ^ "List of women's Test matches". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Stoddart, Brian; Keith A. P. Sandiford (1998). The imperial game: cricket, culture, and society. Manchester University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7190-4978-1. OCLC 40430869.
  16. ^ "India women Test matches". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "One more game, and it can change India's fortunes: Mithali Raj".
  18. ^ "1978 Patna scorecard".
  19. ^ "Better days for women's cricket?". Rediff. 14 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Nimbus Bags Cricket Rights for $612 m". The Hindu. India. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Ajinkya Rahane gets Grade A contract". ESPNcricinfo. 9 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav bag INR 5 crore central contracts". ESPNcricinfo. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  23. ^ "ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2012/13". espncricinfo.com. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  24. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  25. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  26. ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/current/player/597811.html
  27. ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/current/player/597811.html
  28. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  29. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  30. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's Test matches / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  31. ^ "India Women / Records / Women's Test matches / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

Bibliography

  • Keshav, Karunya; Patnaik, Sidhanta (2018). The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women's Cricket in India. Chennai: Westland Sport. ISBN 9789387894433.
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