India women's national cricket team

India
Association Board of Control for Cricket in India
ICC status Full member (1926)
ICC region Asia
Coach India Purnima Rau
Captain Mithali Raj Test & ODI Harmanpreet Kaur T20I
First Test
India India vs. West Indies 
(Bangalore; 31 October 1976)
First ODI
India India vs. England 
(Calcutta; 1 January 1978)
First T20I
India India vs. England 
(Derby; 5 August 2006)
World Cup
Appearances 8 (first in 1978)
Best result Runner-up (2005)
World Twenty20
Appearances 4 (first in 2009)
Best result Semi-final (2009, 2010)
as of 25 November 2015

The India women's national cricket team also known as Women in Blue represents the country of India in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship, the highest level of international women's cricket, the team is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

India made its Test debut in 1976, against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup, which it hosted. The team made the final of the 2005 World Cup, losing to Australia by 98 runs, and has made the semi-finals on three other occasions (in 1997, 2000, and 2009). India has also made the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 on two occasions (2009 and 2010), but is yet to progress any further in the tournament.

History

Eight female cricketers stand on a field. Two players are in red practice jerseys; three other players in red jerseys are facing toward them; a player in a blue shirt is facing away and hides another player in a blue game shirt. In the upper left corner is a fan with an Indian flag.
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 1600s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[1] 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.[2] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[3] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[4] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[5] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[6] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[7]

Indian Batswoman at Cricket Worlds Cup 2010
Mitali raj, Cap. of India Women's cricket team

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.[8]

Current international rankings

The ICC Women's Rankings incorporates results from Tests, ODIs and T20Is into a single ranking system.

ICC Women's Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 59 7524 128
2  England 56 69693 124
3  New Zealand 56 6424 115
4  India 45 4827 107
5  West Indies 60 6263 104
6  South Africa 60 5498 92
7  Pakistan 57 4570 80
8  Sri Lanka 55 3922 71
9  Bangladesh 23 966 42
10  Ireland 25 849 34
Reference: ICC Women's Rankings, ICC Women's Championship, 5 September 2016
"Matches" is the no. matches played in the 12-24 months since the October before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Governing body

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 2006–2010 for US$612,000,000.[9] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.

The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Team colours

Since colours have made their way into international cricket, the Indian cricket team has chosen blue as their primary colour and have worn one or the other shade of blue.

International grounds

Fourteen grounds in India have hosted women's international Test cricket matches. The first women's international test cricket match hosted in India was held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on 31 October 1976.

Six grounds in India have hosted women's T20I matches. The first women's T20I match hosted in India was held at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in Mumbai on 4 March 2010.

Captains

Personnel

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for India in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played.

Key

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Zone C/G Forms S/N
Captain
Mithali Raj 34 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Railways Central A Test, ODI, T20I 3
Batswomen
Thirush Kamini 26 Left-handed Leg break Railways Central A T20I 16
Harmanpreet Kaur 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Railways North A ODI, T20I 84
Veda Krishnamurthy 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Karnataka South B ODI, T20I 79
Smriti Mandhana 20 Left-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra West B Test, ODI, T20I 18
Poonam Raut 27 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Railways Central B ODI, T20I 14
Vellaswamy Vanitha 26 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Karnataka South - ODI, T20I 14
Latika Kumari 24 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Delhi North - T20I 15
Wicket-keeper
Sushma Verma 24 Right-handed n/a Himachal Pradesh North - Test, ODI, T20I 5
Ravi Kalpana 20 Right-handed n/a Andhra South - ODI, T20I 11
All-rounders
Jhulan Goswami 34 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Bengal East A Test, ODI, T20I 25
Niranjana Nagarajan 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Railways Central B Test, ODI, T20I 99
Shikha Pandey 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Goa South B Test, ODI, T20I 99
Deepti Sharma 19 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Uttar Pradesh North B ODI, T20I 6
Anuja Patil 24 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Maharashtra West B ODI, T20I 82
Bowlers
Ekta Bisht 30 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Railways Central B ODI, T20I 8
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 25 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Railways Central B Test, ODI, T20I 1
Shubhlakshmi Sharma 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium Railways East - ODI, T20I 5
Poonam Yadav 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Railways Central B ODI, T20I 24
Sneh Rana 32 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Punjab North - ODI, T20I 7

The BCCI awarded contracts to women cricketers for the first time in the 2015-16 fiscal year.[10] Contracts are pay graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:

Coaching staff

Tournament history

World Cup record
Year and Host Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
1973 England DNP
1978 India 3 0 3 0 0 Fourth[11]
1982 New Zealand 12 4 8 0 0 Fourth[12]
1988Australia DNP
1993England 7 4 3 0 0 Fourth[13]
1997 India 5 3 1 1 0
2000 New Zealand 8 5 3 0 0 Semi-Finalists[14]
2005 South Africa 8 5 2 0 1 Runners-Up
2009 Australia 7 5 2 0 0 3rd Place[15][16]
2013 India 4 2 2 0 0 7th Place[17]
TOTAL 54 28 24 1 1

Note- In the 1997 World Cup, a match was abandoned between India and Sri Lanka. In 2005 World Cup, a match was abandoned between India and Australia. Both these matches are not included in any categories.[18]

World Twenty20 record
Year Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
2009 4 2 2 0 0 Semi-Finalists
2010 4 2 2 0 0 Semi-Finalists
2012 3 0 3 0 0 Group Stage[19]
TOTAL 11 4 7 0 0 Semi-Finalists (2 Times)

Asia Cup

One-Day Internationals

Year Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
2004 5 5 0 0 0 Champions[20]
2005 5 5 0 0 0 Champions[21]
2006 5 5 0 0 0 Champions[22]
2008 5 5 0 0 0 Champions[23]
TOTAL 20 20 0 0 0 Champions ( 4 Times )[24]

Note – The 2 matches played by the Indian team against the Bangladesh team during the 2008 Asia Cup are not included as One Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

Year Played Won Lost Tie NR Position
2012 4 4 0 0 0 Champions[25]

Statistics

Test cricket

Test record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Draw W/L ratio % Won % Lost % Draw First Last
 Australia 9 0 4 50.00 0.00 44.4455.5519772006
 England 1321 102.0015.387.6976.9219862014
 New Zealand 60 0 6 0.00 0.000.00100.0019772003
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 -100.000.000.0020022014
 West Indies 6 1 1 41.0016.6616.6666.6619761976
Total 3656 25 0.8313.8816.6669.44 1977 2014
Statistics are correct as of  India v  South Africa at Mysore, Nov 16-19, 2014.[26][27]

Most Test runs for India[28]

PlayerRunsAverage
Sandhya Agarwal 1,110 50.45
Shanta Rangaswamy 750 32.60
Shubhangi Kulkarni 700 23.33
Mithali Raj 663 51.00
Gargi Banerji 614 27.90
Sudha Shah 601 18.78
Anjum Chopra 548 30.44
Hemlata Kala 503 50.30

Most Test wickets for India[29]

PlayerWicketsAverage
Diana Edulji 63 25.77
Shubhangi Kulkarni 60 27.45
Neetu David 41 18.90
Jhulan Goswami 40 16.62
Shashi Gupta 25 31.28
Shanta Rangaswamy 21 31.61
Sharmila Chakraborty 19 22.10
Purnima Rau 15 21.26

One-Day Internationals

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No Result % Won First Last
 Australia 41833 0 0 19.511978 2016
 Bangladesh 33 0 0 0 100.00 20132013
 Denmark 11 0 0 0 100.00 19931993
 England 612534 0 242.3719782014
International XI 33 0 0 0 100.00 20132013
 Ireland 99 0 0 0 100.00 19932012
 Netherlands 33 0 0 0 100.00 19932000
 New Zealand 4416271037.5019782015
 Pakistan 88000100.0020052013
 South Africa 1054 0 155.5519972014
 Sri Lanka 24221 0 195.652000 2016
 West Indies 18144 0 077.7719932013
Total 2251171031453.1619782016
Statistics are correct as of  India v  Sri Lanka at Ranchi, ICC Women's Championship 3rd ODI, Feb 19, 2016.[30][31]

Most ODI runs for India[32]

PlayerRunsAverage
Mithali Raj 5,301 49.54
Anjum Chopra 2,856 31.38
Jaya Sharma 2,091 30.75
Anju Jain 1,729 29.81
Harmanpreet Kaur 1,494 35.57
Hemlata Kala 1023 20.87
Karu Jain 987 29.02
Rumeli Dhar 961 19.61

Most ODI wickets for India[33]

PlayerWicketsAverage
Jhulan Goswami 175 21.78
Neetu David 141 16.34
Nooshin Al Khadeer 100 24.02
Amita Sharma 87 35.52
Gouher Sultana 66 19.39
Rumeli Dhar 63 27.38
Deepa Marathe 60 20.83
Purnima Rau 50 16.88


Twenty20 Internationals

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No Result % Won First Last
 Australia 12 39 0 0 25.002008 2016
 Bangladesh 99 0 0 0 100.00 20132016
 England 1129 0 018.1820062016
 New Zealand 725 0 028.5720092015
 Pakistan 9 7 2 0077.7720092016
 South Africa 110 0 0100.0020142014
 Sri Lanka 11 83 0 072.722009 2016
 West Indies 1055 0 050.0020112016
Total 6633330050.0020062016
Statistics are correct as of  India v  West Indies at Mohali, Women's World T20, 27 March 2016.[34][35]

Most T20I runs for India[36]

PlayerRunsAverage
Mithali Raj 1,708 37.95
Harmanpreet Kaur 1223 24.95
Poonam Raut 719 27.65
Veda Krishnamurthy 470 16.78
Smriti Mandhana 424 17.66
Jhulan Goswami 391 11.17
Sulakshana Naik 384 14.76
Amita Sharma 383 14.73

Most T20I wickets for India[37]

PlayerWicketsAverage
Jhulan Goswami 50 20.90
Ekta Bisht 45 14.84
Poonam Yadav 34 12.29
Gouher Sultana 29 26.27
Anuja Patil 21 20.28
Priyanka Roy 21 12.47
Diana David 16 14.18
Amita Sharma 16 35.25
Soniya Dabir 15 15.46

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to India women's national cricket team.

References

  1. ↑ Downing, Clement (1978). A History of the Indian Wars. p. 189. OCLC 5905776.
  2. ↑ "Cricket and Politics in Colonial India". Ramachandra Guha. 1998. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "India in England, 1911". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "England v India 1932". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of women's Test matches". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  6. ↑ Stoddart, Brian; Keith A. P. Sandiford (1998). The imperial game: cricket, culture, and society. Manchester University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7190-4978-1. OCLC 40430869.
  7. ↑ "India women Test matches". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Better days for women's cricket?". Rediff. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Nimbus Bags Cricket Rights for $612 m". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  10. ↑ "Ajinkya Rahane gets Grade A contract". ESPNcricinfo. 9 November 2015.
  11. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=922;team=1863;template=results;type=team
  12. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=924;team=1863;template=results;type=team
  13. ↑ http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WWC93/WWC93_TABLE.html
  14. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=won;series=981;team=1863;template=results;type=team
  15. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=4321;team=1863;template=results;type=team
  16. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/wwc2009/engine/match/357978.html
  17. ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup, 7th Place Play-off: India Women v Pakistan Women at Cuttack, Feb 7, 2013". espncricinfo.com. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  18. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=season;team=1863;template=results;trophy=68;type=team;view=season
  19. ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2012/13". espncricinfo.com. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  20. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/engine/series/277874.html
  21. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/engine/series/230646.html
  22. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/engine/series/271455.html
  23. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/engine/series/341290.html
  24. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;filter=advanced;orderby=start;team=1863;template=results;trophy=82;type=team
  25. ↑ "Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 / Results". espncricinfo.com. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  27. ↑ "Records / Women's Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  28. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Test matches / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  29. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Test matches / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  30. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  31. ↑ "Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  32. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  33. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  34. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  35. ↑ "Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  36. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  37. ↑ "India Women / Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.