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India women's national cricket team

India women's national cricket team

Women's cricket team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India national cricket team.

The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue,[8] represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of International Cricket Council (ICC) with Women's Test cricket, Women's One Day International (WODI), and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.

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India made its Test debut in 1976,[9] against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup against England and also made its T20I debut in 2006, against England.

The team has made the ODI World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. India has made the semi-finals on three other occasions, in 1997, 2000, and 2009. India has also reached the finals of the T20I World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. India qualified for the semi-finals on four occasions (2009, 2010, 2018 and 2023).

India has won all the editions of Women's Asia Cup, except the 2018 edition.

India won a silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. India also won a gold medal in 2022 Asian Games.

History

Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women's Cricket World Cup game in Sydney

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first documented instance of cricket being played is in 1721.[10] It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always loot the British ships so East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful.[11][12] 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.[13] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[14] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[15] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[16] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[17] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[18] 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.[19][20]

Indian Batter at Cricket World Cup 2010
Mithali Raj, Captain of India Women's cricket team

In 1973 Women's Cricket Association of India, the governing body for women's cricket was founded in Pune, Maharashtra. Premala Chavan was its first president. It was affiliated to International Women's Cricket Council. As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006/07.[21]

In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team.[22][23] In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.[24]

Governing body

Main article: Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (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 International Cricket Council. 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.[25] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Selection Committee

Further information: India national cricket team selectors

On 26 September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee.[26] Neetu David, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee.[26]

Team colours

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Sponsorship

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The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's.[27] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019.[28] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[29] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005,[30] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[31] and 2016[32] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020[33] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020.[34][35][36]

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.[37]

Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015[38] and extended the same in 2019[39] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.[40][41]

International grounds

Further information: List of women's Test cricket grounds, List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds, and List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds

Captains

Main articles: List of India women Test cricketers § Test captains, List of India women ODI cricketers § ODI captains, and List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers § WT20I captains

Forthcoming fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:[42][43]

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Players

Former players

For a list of all Test players, see List of India women Test cricketers.
For a list of all ODI players, see List of India women ODI cricketers.
For a list of all Twenty20 International players, see List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers.

Squad

This lists all the active players who are centrally contracted with BCCI or was named in the recent ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated on 13 July 2023

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Players' salaries are as follows:

  • Grade A – ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) per annum
  • Grade B – ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) per annum
  • Grade C – ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) per annum
Match fees

Players also receive a match fee of ₹15 lakh (US$19,000) per Test match, ₹6 lakh (US$7,500) per ODI, and ₹3 lakh (US$3,800) per T20I. The BCCI adopted a pay equity policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022.[45]

Coaching Staff

  • Head Coach – Amol Muzumdar
  • Fielding coach: Munish Bali
  • Bowling Coach: Troy Cooley
  • Nets Trainers – Tanveer Shukla, Sourav Tyagi, Utkarsh Singh, Akhil S Prasad
  • Physiotherapist – Mitra Amin
  • Fitness Trainer – Radha Krishnaswamy
  • Analyst – Devraj Raut

Tournament history

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

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ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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ICC Women's Championship

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ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup

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ACC Women's Asia Cup

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Other tournaments

Commonwealth Games

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Asian Games

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Honours

ICC

ACC

Other

Individual records

Further information: List of women's Test cricket records, List of women's One Day International cricket records, and List of women's Twenty20 International records

Statistics

Main article: India women's national cricket team record by opponent

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations

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One-Day Internationals

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Players in bold text are still active with India.

Twenty20 Internationals

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See also

Explanatory note

  1. Advance To 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
  2. Advance To 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.

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