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

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in women's international cricket. 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

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(ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup, which it hosted. India made its T20I debut in 2006, against

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. The team has made the

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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,

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, and 2018). India won a Silver medal in

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

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because they were sea

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and

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who always loot the British 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 1976, against the

. India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1978 against West Indies under

Shantha Rangaswamy Shantha Rangaswamy, (born 1 January 1954) is an Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket for India in 16 matches from 1976 to 1991, captaining the side in 8 matches in 1976-77 and four in 1983–84. India recorded its first-ever test ...

's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in

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Indian Batswoman at Cricket Worlds Cup 2010

In 1973

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, 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 International Women's Cricket Council. 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 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, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee. * Neetu David *

Arati Vaidya Arati Vaidya ( hi, आरती वैद्य; born 2 July 1970) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter. She appeared in three Test matches and six One Day Internationals for India between 1995 and 1999. She played do ...

* Renu Margrate *

Venkatacher Kalpana Venkatacher Kalpana (born 18 July 1961) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side ...

* 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 Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, rea ...

from 2014 to 2017, Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013. Nike 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) 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. Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015 and extended the same in 2019 until 2023.

and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.

International grounds

Captains

Forthcoming fixtures

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

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

pay equity Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labour rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap. Equal pay relates to the fu ...

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

Personnel

* Head Coach – ''Vacant'' * Batting Coach – Hrishikesh Kanitkar * Fielding Coach –

Abhay Sharma Abhay Sharma (born 30 April 1969) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi, Railways and Rajasthan. As of January 2016, he works as the fielding coach of India A and India Under-19s. In 2021, he was named as the fieldi ...

* 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):

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: ** Runners-up (1):

ACC

* Women's Asia Cup: ** Champions (7):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, 2005–06, 2006,

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, 2016, 2022 ** Runners-up (1): 2018

Others

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** Silver medal (1): 2022

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 v

, 14 August 2002 at

, England *Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu David v

, 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 Senwes Park, 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-rounde ...

, 15 May 2017 at Senwes Park, South Africa *Best innings bowling: 6/10, Mamatha Maben v

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, 25 April 2004 at Asgiriya Stadium,

Twenty20 Internationals

Most T20I runs for India Most T20I wickets for India

References

Notes

Bibliography

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