India women's national cricket team


The India women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Women in Blue, represents the country of India in international women's cricket.
India made its Test debut in 1976, against the West Indies, and its One Day International 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.

History

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. 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. The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams. The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932. Around the same time, the first women's Test was played between England and Australia. However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies. 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., 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.

Governing body

The Board of Control for Cricket in India 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. 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

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

Results and fixtures

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

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

World Cup

Twenty20 World Cup

Asia Cup

Individual records

Statistics

One-Day Internationals

Most ODI runs for India
PlayerRunsAverage
Mithali Raj6,88850.64
Anjum Chopra2,85631.38
Harmanpreet Kaur2,37234.88
Jaya Sharma2,09130.75
Smriti Mandhana2,02543.08
Poonam Raut2,00432.32
Anju Jain1,72929.81
Deepti Sharma1,41738.29
Jhulan Goswami1,07614.15
Hemlata Kala1,02320.87

Most ODI wickets for India
PlayerWicketsAverage
Jhulan Goswami22521.48
Neetu David14116.34
Nooshin Al Khadeer10024.02
Ekta Bisht9621.07
Amita Sharma8735.52
Shikha Pandey7321.06
Poonam Yadav7220.84
Rajeshwari Gayakwad6717.40
Gouher Sultana6619.39
Deepti Sharma6427.18

Players in bold' text are still active with India.''
Most T20I runs for India
PlayerRunsAverage
Mithali Raj2,36437.52
Harmanpreet Kaur2,00428.22
Smriti Mandhana1,34424.00
Veda Krishnamurthy72717.73
Poonam Raut71927.65
Jemimah Rodrigues66727.79
Jhulan Goswami40510.94
Anuja Patil38417.45
Sulakshana Naik38414.76
Amita Sharma38314.73

Most T20I wickets for India
PlayerWicketsAverage
Poonam Yadav8114.56
Jhulan Goswami5621.94
Ekta Bisht5314.71
Anuja Patil4322.88
Deepti Sharma3421.00
Radha Yadav3116.67
Gouher Sultana2926.27
Harmanpreet Kaur2822.00
Shikha Pandey2325.08
Priyanka Roy2112.47

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations
Most Test runs for India
PlayerRunsAverage
Sandhya Agarwal1,11050.45
Shanta Rangaswamy75032.60
Shubhangi Kulkarni70023.33
Mithali Raj66351.00
Gargi Banerji61427.90
Sudha Shah60118.78
Anjum Chopra54830.44
Hemlata Kala50350.30

Most Test wickets for India
PlayerWicketsAverage
Diana Edulji6325.77
Shubhangi Kulkarni6027.45
Neetu David4118.90
Jhulan Goswami4016.62
Shashi Gupta2531.28
Shanta Rangaswamy2131.61
Sharmila Chakraborty1922.10
Purnima Rau1521.26