Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last fo ...

is the longest form of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

. The women's variant of the game includes four

innings An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). Innings, in cricket, and rounders, is bot ...

to be completed over four days of play with eleven players in each side. The first women's Test was played between

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and

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in 1934. However, India did not play Test cricket until 1973 when the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the

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. The Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the

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in 2006 as part of the

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's initiative to develop women's cricket. India have played 37 Tests, starting with their first Test in 1976 and including their most recent one in 2021. They first won a Test in

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(1976), in front of over 25,000 spectators, against the

but did not win again until 2002, when they won against

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. The team has remained unbeaten since 2006, over the course of three Test matches. Two of India's players,

Diana Edulji Diana Fram Edulji (born 26 January 1956) is a former Indian Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai to a Parsi family, she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She the ...

and

Sudha Shah Sudha Shah (born 22 June 1958) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Tamil Nadu and South Zone in India's domestic competitions. She played a total of 21 Tests and 13 One Day Internation ...

, have featured in more than 20 Test matches. Ten other players have played in ten or more Test matches.

Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal (born 9 May 1963) is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore. Career She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centurie ...

is India's all-time leading run scorer, and is ranked sixth among players from all countries. Among the top ten run scorers of all time, she has the fourth-highest

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. Sandhya Agarwal and

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 ...

, with scores of 190 and 214 respectively, were record holders for the most runs scored in an innings. Former captains Diana Edulji and

Shubhangi Kulkarni Shubhangi Kulkarni (born 19 July 1959) is a former Indian cricketer and one of the game's most successful administrators. She received India's highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award in 1985. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Associat ...

are third and sixth in terms of most wickets taken in a career while

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 ...

has the best bowling figures in an innings, having taken 8 wickets, conceding 53 runs in England's second innings in the hundredth women's Test. Since the team was formed, 90 women have represented India in Test cricket. This list includes all players who have played at least one Test match and is arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by last name at the time of debut.

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Test cricketers

:''Statistics are correct as of 3 October 2021.''

Test captains

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