The Nagaland women's cricket team is a women's cricket team that represents the Indian state of

Nagaland Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...

. They were formed ahead of the 2018–19 season, and compete in the

Women's Senior One Day Trophy The Senior Women's One Day Trophy, previously known as the Senior Women's One Day League, is a women's List A cricket tournament held in India. It began in the 2006–07 Senior Women's One Day League, 2006–07 season, with 24 teams representin ...

and the Senior Women's T20 League.

History

Nagaland Women were formed ahead of the 2018–19 season, after an expansion of teams in Indian domestic cricket. In their first season, they competed in the Senior Women's One Day League, where they finished 4th in the Plate Competition with 5 wins, and in the Senior Women's T20 League, where they finished bottom of their group. The following season, 2019–20, Nagaland finished 2nd in the Plate Competition of the Senior Women's One Day League, therefore gaining promotion. However, they again finished bottom of their Senior Women's T20 League group. The following season, 2020–21, with only the One Day League going ahead, Nagaland finished bottom of the Elite Competition Group D, losing all five of their matches, therefore being relegated to the Plate Group. In 2021–22, they finished second in the Plate Group of the One Day Trophy, whilst they won the Plate Group of the T20 Trophy, therefore progressing to the knockout stages. They lost their first knockout match, by 7 wickets to

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. Nagaland batter

Kiran Navgire Kiran Prabhu Navgire (born 18 September 1994) is an Indian cricketer. She currently plays for India women's national cricket team, India women and Nagaland women's cricket team, Nagaland women. She set the record for the highest individual score ...

was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 525 runs, including a 162 * in the opening round of the tournament. In 2022–23, Nagaland won two matches in each of the two competitions.

Players

Notable players

Players who have played for Nagaland and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Karu Jain (2004) *

(2022)

Seasons

Women's Senior One Day Trophy

Senior Women's T20 League

References

{{Women's Inter State Cricket in India Women's cricket teams in India Cricket in Nagaland Cricket clubs established in 2018 2018 establishments in Nagaland