The Pondicherry women's cricket team, also known as Puducherry women's cricket team, is a women's cricket team that represents the Indian union territory of

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: Places in India * Puducherry (union territory), formerly known as Pondicherry ** Puducherry (city), capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district The Puducherry District, also know ...

. They were formed ahead of the 2018–19 season, and have competed in both 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 since that season.

History

Pondicherry 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, finishing 2nd in the Plate competition, and in the Senior Women's T20 League, finishing 7th out of 8 teams in their group. The following season, 2019–20, Pondicherry finished 5th in the Plate competition of the Senior Women's One Day League and 6th in their Senior Women's T20 League group. The following season, 2020–21, with only the One Day League going ahead, Pondicherry finished 2nd in the Plate competition, with 5 wins from their six games, gaining promotion to the Elite Group. Pondicherry bowler Amruta Saran was the joint-second highest wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 16 wickets at an average of 11.43. In 2021–22, they failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Plate Group in both competitions. In 2022–23, the side finished 5th in their group in both competitions.

Players

Notable players

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

Karu Jain Karuna "Karu" Jain (born 9 September 1985) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in five Test matches, 44 One Day Internationals and nine Twenty20 Internationals for India from 2004 ...

(2004) *

Gouher Sultana Gouher Sultana (born 31 March 1988) is an Indian cricketer. Sultana was born in Hyderabad. She has played international cricket for India's Under-21 women's team, and the India national women's cricket team, mainly as a left-arm orthodox spin b ...

(2008) *

Anagha Deshpande Anagha Deshpande (born 19 November 1985) is a cricketer who has played in 20 women's One Day Internationals and seven Twenty20 internationals for India national women's cricket team, India. She has played for India Blue Women, India Under-21s Wo ...

(2008) *

Latika Kumari Latika Kumari (born 5 January 1992) is an Indian cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, p ...

(2009) * Asha Sobhana (2024)

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 Puducherry Cricket clubs established in 2018 2018 establishments in Puducherry