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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India national cricket team.


India
Flag of India
Nickname(s)Women in Blue
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
CaptainHarmanpreet Kaur
CoachRamesh Powar
History
Test status acquired1976
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member (1926)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WODI 4th 2nd (1 May 2020)
WT20I 4th 3rd (15 Nov 2019)
Women's Tests
First WTestv  West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976
Last WTestv  Australia at Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast; 30 September – 3 October 2021
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 38 5/6
(27 draws)
This year[3] 0 0/0 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978
Last WODIv  England at Lord's, London; 24 September 2022
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 301 164/132
(1 ties, 4 no result)
This year[5] 18 10/8
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup appearances10 (first in 1978)
Best result Runners-up (2005, 2017)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result Champions (2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006
Last WT20Iv  Sri Lanka at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet; 15 October 2022
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 152 82/67
(0 ties, 3 no results)
This year[7] 20 13/7
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances6 (first in 2009)
Best result Runners-up (2020)

Test kit

ODI kit

As of 15 October 2022

The India women's national cricket team, also known as Team India or Women in Blue,[8] represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by Board of Control for Cricket in India

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. India made its T20I debut in 2006, against England.

The team has made the ODI 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 finals of the T20I World Cup on one occasion (2020) and the semi-finals on three occasions (2009, 2010, and 2018).

India won a Silver medal in 2022 Commonwealth Games.

India has won all the editions of Women's Asia Cup, except the 2018 edition.

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 documented instance of cricket being played is in 1721. It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always loot the British ships so East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful.[10][11] 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.[12] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[13] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[14] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[15] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[16] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[17] 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.[18][19]

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

In 1973 Women's Cricket Association of India, the governing body for women's cricket was founded in Pune, Maharashtra. Premala Chavan was its first president. It was affiliated to International Women's Cricket Council. 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 2006/07.[20]

In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team.[21][22] In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.[23]

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 to 2010 for US$612,000,000.[24] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Selection Committee

On 26 September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee.[25] Neetu David, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee.[25]

Team colours

Sponsorship for ICC tournaments
Tournament Kit manufacturer Sleeve sponsor
1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
1978 Women's Cricket World Cup
1982 Hansells Vita Fresh World Cup
1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup
1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
1997 Hero Honda Women's World Cup Wills
2000 CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup
2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Sahara
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Nike
2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup
2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Star India
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Oppo
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup BYJU'S
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup MPL Sports
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Kit sponsorship history
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1993-1996 Wills
1999-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003 Sahara
2003-2005
2005-2013 Nike
2014-2017 Star India
2017-2019 Oppo
2019-2020 BYJU'S
2020-2023 MPL Sports

Sponsorship

Current Sponsors & Partners
Team Sponsor BYJU'S
Title Sponsor Mastercard
Kit Sponsor MPL Sports
Official Partners Dream11
LafargeHolcim
(Ambuja Cements and ACC)
Hyundai Motor India Limited
Official Broadcaster Star Sports

The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's.[26] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019.[27] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[28] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005,[29] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[30] and 2016[31] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020[32] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020.[33][34][35]

On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the Expression of Interest process for Official Partners’ Rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. have acquired the Official Partners' Rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019-23.[36]

Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015[37] and extended the same in 2019[38] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.[39][40]

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

Captains

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

Forthcoming 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
February 2022  New Zealand Away – 1–4 [5] 0–1 [1]
September 2022  England Away – 3–0 [3] 1–2 [3]
December 2022  Australia Home – – [5]
Multiteam series and tournaments
Date Series Format Position Results [Matches]
March–April 2022 New Zealand 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup WODI 5th 3–4 [7]
July–August 2022 England 2022 Commonwealth Games WT20I 2nd 3–2 [5]
October 2022 Bangladesh 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup WT20I 1st 7–1 [8]
February 2023 South Africa 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup WT20I

Players

Former players

For a list of all Test players, see List of India women Test cricketers.
For a list of all ODI players, see List of India women ODI cricketers.
For a list of all Twenty20 International players, see List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers.

Squad

This lists all the active players who are centrally contracted with BCCI or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Updated on 27 March 2022

Key
Symbol Meaning
C/G Contract grade with the BCCI[41][42]
S/N Shirt number of the player in all formats
Format Denotes the player's playing format
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team C/G Forms S/N
Captain and Batter
Harmanpreet Kaur 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break Punjab A Test, ODI, T20I 7
Vice-captain and Batter
Smriti Mandhana 28 Left-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra A Test, ODI, T20I 18
Batters
Shafali Verma 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break Haryana B Test, ODI, T20I 17
Punam Raut 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break Railways C Test, ODI 14
Yastika Bhatia 24 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Baroda - Test, ODI, T20I 11
Jemimah Rodrigues 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break Mumbai C Test, ODI, T20I 5
Sabbhineni Meghana 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium Railways - ODI, T20I
All-rounders
Deepti Sharma 27 Left-handed Right-arm off break Bengal A Test, ODI, T20I 6
Harleen Deol 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Himachal Pradesh C T20I 98
Wicket-keeper
Taniya Bhatia 26 Right-handed — Punjab B Test, ODI, T20I 28
Richa Ghosh 21 Right-handed — Bengal C Test, ODI, T20I 13
Spin Bowlers
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 33 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Railways A Test, ODI, T20I 1
Sneh Rana 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break Railways C Test, ODI, T20I 2
Poonam Yadav 33 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Railways A Test, ODI, T20I 24
Ekta Bisht 38 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Railways - Test, ODI, T20I 8
Pace Bowlers
Pooja Vastrakar 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Madhya Pradesh B Test, ODI, T20I 23
Meghna Singh 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways - Test, ODI, T20I
Shikha Pandey 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Goa C Test, ODI, T20I 12
Arundhati Reddy 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways C T20I 20
Simran Bahadur 24 Left-handed Right-arm medium Delhi - ODi, T20I
Renuka Singh 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways - ODI, T20I

Players' salaries are as follows:

  • Grade A – ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) per annum
  • Grade B – ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) per annum
  • Grade C – ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) per annum
Match fees

Players also receive a match fee of ₹15 lakh (US$18,000) per Test match, ₹6 lakh (US$7,200) per ODI, and ₹3 lakh (US$3,600) per T20I. The BCCI adopted a pay equity policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022.[43]

Personnel

  • Head Coach – Ramesh Powar[44]
  • Batting Coach – Shiv Sundar Das
  • Fielding Coach – Abhay Sharma
  • Nets Trainers – Tanveer Shukla, Sourav Tyagi, Utkarsh Singh, Akhil S Prasad
  • Physiotherapist –
  • Fitness Trainer –
  • Analyst –

Tournament history

ICC Women's Cricket 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 Runners-up 2/8 9 6 3 0 0
New Zealand 2022 Group stage 5/8 7 3 4 0 0
India 2025
TOTAL 0 titles 10/12 72 37 31 1 3

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

World Cup Qualifier
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2017 Champions 1/10 8 8 0 0 0
TOTAL 1 Title 1/10 8 8 0 0 0

ICC Women's Championship

Women's Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L D T NR
2014-16 Group Stage[a] 5/8 21 9 11 0 0 1
2017-20 Group Stage[b] 4/8 21 10 8 0 0 3
TOTAL Advanced 3/8 42 19 19 0 0 4

ICC Women's 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[45]
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 6 4 1 – 1 Runners-up
2023 South Africa
Total 32 16 15 0 1 0 titles

ACC Women's 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
2022 Bangladesh 8 7 1 0 0 Champions
Total 46 43 3 0 0 7 titles

Honours

ICC

ACC

Others

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

Test cricket

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

One-Day Internationals

Template:India Women ODI cricket records by opponent

Players in bold text are still active with India.

Twenty20 Internationals

Template:India Women T20I cricket records by opponent

See also

References

Notes

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  1. ^ Advance To 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
  2. ^ Advance To 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.

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