India felt the absence of experienced pacer Jhulan Goswami as they suffered a three-wicket defeat in the second women's ODI against New Zealand in Queenstown on Tuesday.
India's star-studded top four failed to fire against the West Indies, but Shikha Pandey's late show hauled them up to 107 and they defended it superbly, Poonam Yadav starring with the ball to earn a two-run win.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka, in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Amitabh Bachchan hosted a grand Diwali party after a gap of two years, and made sure to invite everybody from the film industry.
Rashami Desai, Urvashi Rautel and Vishal Singh walked the ramp for designer Rohit Verma whose collection was inspired by sindur khela, a Bengali tradition.
Outplayed in every aspect of the game so far, the Indian women's cricket team desperately needs its top order to strike form and its bowlers to show some spark against an in-form Australia in the second ODI on Friday.
India opened their campaign at the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in style as they produced a collective batting performance to thrash Sri Lanka by 114 runs in their Group A match at the P. Sara Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
The 15-year-old Shafali, who was dismissed for a four-ball duck on her debut in the opening match, laid the foundation for a good total with a 33-ball innings, while Jemimah Rodrigues (33) provided the stablity, scoring a 22-ball 33.
Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Musical Fiesta on his birthday at his residence. Many film folk, who have worked with him, made sure to attend.
Smriti Mandhana is just the fourth women's player and first Indian woman to score a ton in both ODIs and Tests.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
India's captain Mithali Raj says youngsters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh have shown that they have the ability to compete at the highest level and the last few series have helped the team figure out its composition ahead of women's ODI World Cup next month.
Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
Mignon du Preez scored a valiant 90 as South Africa pulled off a consolation seven-wicket win over India to go down 1-2 in the three-match series, which was part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Will Smith, who had once portrayed the irreverent Muhammad Ali with such aplomb, brings the character of Richard Williams alive. The accent, the dialect, the body-language and the ever-present chip on the shoulder, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
The fast-rising Jemimah Rodrigues starred with the bat, after India's spinners wreaked havoc, to set up a series-clinching seven-wicket win over the West Indies in a low-scoring third women's T20 International, in Providence, Guyana, on Thursday.
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
India's limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the prestigious 'Khel Ratna', the BCCI announced on Saturday, acknowledging the prolific batsman's stupendous performance in the 2019 ODI World Cup. In the women's category, all-rounder Deepti Sharma was BCCI's pick for the Arjuna for her consistent show in both ODIs and T20Is in the past three years.
India's women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar says going forward he may try something new or bring in new players.
Persistent rain meant even the toss could not take place. The game was supposed to start at 7 pm local time but after inspecting the conditions at 7:30 pm, the umpires decided to call off the game.
The Southern Stars from Australia reasserted their supremacy with a comprehensive 60-run victory against Indian women
Rohit hit an unprecedented five hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup last year and had a great run last year.
It's high time we took fashion lessons from her.
A desperate Indian women's team would aim to snap its five-match losing streak in the second T20 International against England, in Guwahati, on Thursday.
England's players resorted to "constant sledging" to disturb Sneh Rana and company, but the Indians maintained their composure to pull off a thrilling draw in the just-concluded women's one-off Test in Bristol.
India in their allotted 50-overs posted a target of 192 for the hosts. West Indies got off to a bad start
Mandhana, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
Taylor's all-round show helps West Indies claim one-run win over India
'...and give awards to such performances.'
India captain Mithali Raj's excellent show in the three-match series against England has helped her grab the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for the eighth time in her stellar 22-year international career.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently the T20 series.
England Women register a five-wicket win over India Women and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead
'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.'
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The Indian women's cricket team continued its unbeaten run at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers by advancing to the final with a seven-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan, in Colombo, on Sunday.
On a high after two easy victories on the trot, including one against defending champions Australia, India will aim to inch closer to a semi-final berth when it takes on New Zealand in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Foreign brokerage firm CLSA initiated coverage on the stock with a Sell rating and target price of Rs 1,095, citing hefty premium valuation.
Images from ICC women's T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh, in Perth, on Monday.
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