The India women's national cricket team, also known as Team India or Women in Blue, represents

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

in women's

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. It is governed by

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India made its

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debut in 1976, against the

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, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the

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, which it hosted. India made its

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debut in 2006, against

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. The team has made the ODI World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to

by 9 runs in 2017. India has made the semi-finals on three other occasions, in

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, and 2009. India has also made the finals of the T20I World Cup on one occasion (

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) and the semi-finals on three occasions ( 2009, 2010, and

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). India won a Silver medal in

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. India has won all the editions of

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, except the 2018 edition.

History

Snehal Pradhan (10 March 2009, Sydney) 2

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 The Koli is an Indian caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas the ...

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because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always loot the

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ships so

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tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful. 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

debut against

in 1932. Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between

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

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, against the

. 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 Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

Indian Batswoman at Cricket Worlds Cup 2010

In 1973 Women's Cricket Association of India, the governing body for women's cricket was founded in

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, Maharashtra.

Premala Chavan Premala Chavan (2 July 1918 – 8 July 2003), also known as Premalabai and Premalakaki, was an Indian politician and was a member of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Founder-President of the All India Women's Cricket Association, she was ...

was its first president. It was affiliated to

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. As part of the

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's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the

in 2006/07. In 2021, the BCCI announced that

Ramesh Powar Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born 20 May 1978) is a former Indian cricketer. Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. and again he was named as India women's cricket team coach in 2021 June. Powar ...

would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team. In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.

Governing body

The

(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

. 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. It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The

(ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Selection Committee

On 26 September 2020, the

(BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee.

Neetu David Neetu Lawrence David (born 1 September 1977) is an Indian former cricketer and current chairperson of the selection panel of the India women's cricket team. She played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 97 ...

, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee. *

* Arati Vaidya * Renu Margrate * Venkatacher Kalpana * Mithu Mukherjee

Team colours

Sponsorship

The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's. OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019. Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,

Sahara India Pariwar Sahara India Pariwar (''pariwar'' being Hindi for "family") is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The group operates business sectors such as finance, infrastructure & housing, real estate, sports, power, man ...

from 2002 to 2013.

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had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005, with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020 and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020. 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 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...

) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (

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), 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.

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acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015 and extended the same in 2019 until 2023. Star India and

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have been title sponsors previously.

International grounds

Captains

Forthcoming fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in

Players

Former players

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 Players' salaries are as follows: * Grade A – per annum * Grade B – per annum * Grade C – per annum ;Match fees Players also receive a match fee of per Test match, per ODI, and per T20I. The BCCI adopted a

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policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022.

Personnel

* Head Coach – ''Vacant'' * Batting Coach –

Hrishikesh Kanitkar Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar (; born 14 November 1974) is a former Indian cricketer, who played tests and ODIs. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. When he retired in 2015, he was one of only three batsmen to have scored ...

* 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

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Championship

ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup

ACC Women's Asia Cup

Honours

ICC

* Women's World Cup: ** Runners-up (2): 2005,

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* Women's T20 World Cup: ** Runners-up (1):

ACC

: ** Champions (7): 2004, 2005–06, 2006,

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** Runners-up (1):

Others

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** Silver medal (1):

Individual records

Statistics

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations Most Test runs for India Most Test wickets for India *Highest team total: 467 v

, 14 August 2002 at

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, England *Highest individual score: 214,

Mithali Raj Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...

, 14 August 2002 at

, England *Best innings bowling: 8/53,

, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India *Best match bowling: 10/78,

Jhulan Goswami Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. She plays as a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batter. She is one of the fastest (female) bowler of all times and considered one of the greatest bowlers to ...

, 29 August 2006 at

, England

One-Day Internationals

Most ODI runs for India Most ODI wickets for India ''Players in bold text are still active with India.'' *Highest team total: 358/3 v

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, 15 May 2017 at

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, South Africa *Highest individual score: 188,

Deepti Sharma Deepti Bhagwan Sharma (born 24 August 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal, Birmingham Phoenix and India. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break and is currently ranked 3rd in the top all-rounders ...

, 15 May 2017 at

, South Africa *Best innings bowling: 6/10,

Mamatha Maben Mamatha Maben (born 15 November 1970) is an Indian former cricketer who has played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals for India between 1993 and ...

v Sri Lanka, 25 April 2004 at

Asgiriya Stadium Asgiriya Stadium, ( si, අස්ගිරිය ක්‍රීඩාංගනය) is a cricket stadium situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Asgiriya Stadium is the private property of Trinity College, Kandy. It is around a 10-minute walk from the ce ...

, Sri Lanka

Twenty20 Internationals

Most T20I runs for India Most T20I wickets for India

References

Notes

Bibliography

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1976 establishments in India