| India | |
| Nickname: | Women in Blue |
| Association: | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Captain: | Harmanpreet Kaur |
| Coach: | Amol Muzumdar |
| Test Status Year: | 1976 |
| Icc Status: | Full member |
| Icc Member Year: | 1926 |
| Icc Region: | Asia |
| Wodi Rank Best: | (1 May 2020) |
| Wt20i Rank Best: | (15 Nov 2019) |
| First Wtest: | v at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976 |
| Most Recent Wtest: | v at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; 28 June–1 July 2024 |
| Num Wtests: | 41 |
| Num Wtests This Year: | 1 |
| Wtest Record: | 8/6 (27 draws) |
| Wtest Record This Year: | 1/0 (0 draws) |
| First Wodi: | v at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978 |
| Most Recent Wodi: | v at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 23 June 2024 |
| Num Wodis: | 310 |
| Num Wodis This Year: | 4 |
| Wodi Record: | 168/136 (2 ties, 4 no result) |
| Wodi Record This Year: | 3/1 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
| Wwc Apps: | 10 |
| Wwc First: | 1978 |
| Wwc Best: | Runners-up (2005, 2017) |
| First Wt20i: | v at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006 |
| Most Recent Wt20i: | v at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 28 July 2024 |
| Num Wt20is: | 192 |
| Num Wt20is This Year: | 16 |
| Wt20i Record: | 104/81 (1 tie, 6 no results) |
| Wt20i Record This Year: | 11/4 (0 ties, 1 no result) |
| Wwt20 Apps: | 8 |
| Wwt20 First: | 2009 |
| Wwt20 Best: | Runners-up (2020) |
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The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue,[1] represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Women's Test, Women's One Day International (WODI), and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.
The team has played 41 Test matches, winning 8, losing 6, 27 draw and 0 tie. They played their first international match on 31 October 1976 in a Test against the West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The team has played 310 ODI matches, winning 168, losing 136, tying 2 and with 4 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked fourth in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 104 rating points. India has reached the Cricket World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. They have won the ODI Asia Cup 4 times in 2004, 2005-06, 2006, 2008.
The team has played 191 T20I matches, winning 104, losing 80, tying 1 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked third in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 263 rating points. India has reached the finals of the T20 World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. They have won the T20I Asia Cup 3 times in 2012, 2016, 2022. In addition, they have won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, and a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[2] It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always looted the British ships, so the East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful.[3] [4] [5] 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.[6] In 1911, an Indian men's cricket team was formed and toured England, where they played English county teams.[7] The India men's team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[8] The first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934.[9]
Women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) was formed in 1973.[10] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[11] 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.[12] [13]
The WCAI, the governing body for women's cricket, was affiliated to the 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.[14]
In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team.[15] [16] In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.[17]
See 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 1928 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.[18] 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.
On 26 September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee.[19] Neetu David, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee.[19]
| 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 ESPNcricinfo 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 2023 – 2028 | Adidas |
| Title sponsor | IDFC First Bank | |
|---|---|---|
| Kit sponsor | Adidas | |
| Official partner | SBI Life | |
| Official broadcaster | Viacom18 (Sports18 & JioCinema) |
The current sponsor of the team is Dream11 from July 2023. The team was sponsored by Byju's from September 2019 to March 2023.[20] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019.[21] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[22] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.
Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005,[23] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[24] and 2016[25] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020[26] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020.[27] [28] [29]
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.[30]
Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015[31] and extended the same in 2019[32] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.[33] [34]
The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:[35] [36]
| Bilateral series and tours | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Against | H/A/N | Results [Matches] | ||||
| Test | WODI | WT20I | |||||
| April 2024 | Away | - | - | 5-0 [5] | |||
| June 2024 | Home | 1-0 [1] | 3-0 [3] | [3] | |||
| December 2024 | Away | - | [3] | - | |||
| Multiteam series and tournaments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Series | Format | Position | Results [Matches] | |
| September 2023 |  2022 Asian Games | WT20I | 1st | 2-0 [3] | |
| July 2024 | 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup | WT20I | 2nd | - | |
| September 2024 | 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | WT20I | |||
This lists all the active players who are centrally contracted with BCCI or was named in the recent ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated on 13 July 2023
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| C/G | Contract grade with the BCCI[37] | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||
| Left-handed | Right-arm medium | A | ODI & T20I (Vice-captain) | 18 | ||||
| Right-handed | A | ODI & T20I (Captain) | 7 | |||||
| Right-handed | B | ODI & T20I | 17 | |||||
| Right-handed | B | ODI & T20I | 5 | |||||
| Right-handed | C | T20I | 27 | |||||
| Right-handed | - | ODI | 16 | |||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| Left-handed | A | ODI & T20I | 6 | |||||
| Right-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 34 | |||||
| Right-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 98 | |||||
| Left-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 97 | |||||
| Amanjot Kaur | Right-handed | - | ODI & T20I | 30 | ||||
| Left-handed | - | T20I | 71 | |||||
| Left-handed | - | T20I | - | |||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | C | ODI & T20I | 11 | ||||
| Right-handed | Right-arm medium | B | T20I | 13 | ||||
| Uma Chetry | Right-handed | - | ODI & T20I | - | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
| Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | B | ODI & T20I | 1 | ||||
| Right-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 2 | |||||
| Right-handed | C | T20I | 21 | |||||
| Right-handed | - | ODI & T20I | 31 | |||||
| Left-handed | - | ODI & T20I | 3 | |||||
| Right-handed | - | ODI & T20I | 36 | |||||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| Right-handed | B | ODI & T20I | 10 | |||||
| Right-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 16 | |||||
| Left-handed | C | ODI & T20I | 28 | |||||
| Left-handed | - | ODI & T20I | - | |||||
| Right-handed | - | T20I | - | |||||
Players' salaries are as follows:
See main article: List of India national cricket coaches.
| World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | |
| Did not participate | ||||||||
| Group Stage | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage | 4/5 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Did not participate | ||||||||
| Group Stage | 4/8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semi-finals | 4/11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals | 3/8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2/8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Super 6s | 3/6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage | 7/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2/8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage | 5/8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 10/12 | 0 titles | 72 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 3 | |
| T20 World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | |
| Semi-finalists | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semi-finalists | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage[39] | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semi-finalists | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Semi-finalists | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 titles | 37 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| Women's Championship record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=100 | Year | width=100 | Round | width=50 | Position | width=50 | GP | width=50 | W | width=50 | L | width=50 | D | width=50 | T | width=50 | NR |
| 2014-16 | 5/8 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2017-20 | 4/8 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | Advanced | 3/8 | 42 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Asia Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | |
| Champions | 1/2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2/6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1/7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9/9 | 7 titles | 51 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=150 | Year | width=150 | Round | width=50 | Position | width=50 | GP | width=50 | W | width=50 | L | width=50 | T | width=50 | NR |
| 2022 | Silver medal | 2/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Title | 1/1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Asian Games record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=150 | Year | width=150 | Round | width=50 | Position | width=50 | GP | width=50 | W | width=50 | L | width=50 | T | width=50 | NR |
| 2010 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Gold medal | 1/9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
See main article: India women's national cricket team record by opponent.
Test record versus other nations
Most Test runs for India[40]
| Player | Runs | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhya Agarwal | 1,110 | 50.45 | |
| Shanta Rangaswamy | 750 | 32.60 | |
| Shubhangi Kulkarni | 700 | 23.33 | |
| Mithali Raj | 699 | 43.68 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 629 | 57.18 | |
| Gargi Banerji | 614 | 27.90 | |
| Sudha Shah | 601 | 18.78 | |
| Shafali Verma | 567 | 63.00 | |
| Anjum Chopra | 548 | 30.44 | |
| Hemlata Kala | 503 | 50.30 |
Most Test wickets for India[41]
| Player | Wickets | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Diana Edulji | 63 | 25.77 |
| Shubhangi Kulkarni | 60 | 27.45 |
| Jhulan Goswami | 44 | 17.36 |
| Neetu David | 41 | 18.90 |
| Shashi Gupta | 25 | 31.28 |
| Sneh Rana | 23 | 20.95 |
| Shanta Rangaswamy | 21 | 31.61 |
| Deepti Sharma | 20 | 18.10 |
| Sharmila Chakraborty | 19 | 22.10 |
| 15 | 21.26 | |
Most ODI runs for India[42]
| Player | Runs | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mithali Raj | 7,805 | 50.68 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 3,585 | 45.37 | |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 3,565 | 37.52 | |
| Anjum Chopra | 2,856 | 31.38 | |
| Punam Raut | 2,299 | 34.83 | |
| Jaya Sharma | 2,091 | 30.75 | |
| Deepti Sharma | 2,019 | 35.42 | |
| Anju Jain | 1,729 | 29.81 | |
| Jhulan Goswami | 1,228 | 14.61 | |
| Hemlata Kala | 1,023 | 20.87 |
Most ODI wickets for India[43]
| Player | Wickets | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Jhulan Goswami | 255 | 22.04 |
| Neetu David | 141 | 16.34 |
| Deepti Sharma | 106 | 28.67 |
| Nooshin Al Khadeer | 100 | 24.02 |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 99 | 20.79 |
| Ekta Bisht | 98 | 21.83 |
| Amita Sharma | 87 | 35.52 |
| Poonam Yadav | 80 | 25.15 |
| Shikha Pandey | 75 | 21.92 |
| Gouher Sultana | 66 | 19.39 |
Players in bold text are still active with India.
Most WT20I runs for India[45]
| Player | Runs | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 3,309 | 27.70 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 3,220 | 27.52 | |
| Mithali Raj | 2,364 | 37.52 | |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 1,944 | 29.45 | |
| Shafali Verma | 1,703 | 23.98 | |
| Deepti Sharma | 1,020 | 23.72 | |
| Veda Krishnamurthy | 875 | 18.61 | |
| Richa Ghosh | 760 | 26.20 | |
| Punam Raut | 719 | 27.65 | |
| Jhulan Goswami | 405 | 10.94 |
Most WT20I wickets for India[46]
| Player | Wickets | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Deepti Sharma | 118 | 19.19 |
| Poonam Yadav | 98 | 15.25 |
| Radha Yadav | 78 | 20.01 |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 61 | 19.13 |
| Jhulan Goswami | 56 | 21.94 |
| Ekta Bisht | 53 | 14.71 |
| Anuja Patil | 48 | 21.00 |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 45 | 22.80 |
| Renuka Singh | 43 | 22.48 |
| Shikha Pandey | 43 | 26.16 |
• Highest team total: 201/5 v UAE, 21 July 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka
• Highest individual score: 103, Harmanpreet Kaur v New Zealand, 9 November 2018 at Providence Stadium, Guyana
• Best innings bowling: 5/11, Jhulan Goswami v Australia, 23 March 2012 at ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam