The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for Mumbai Indians at nearly half the price of Mandhana at Rs 1.80 crore.
Indian men's and women's cricketers came out in support of India's Olympic-bound athletes.
India's star players Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma were on Monday named captains of the three teams for the Women's T20 Challenge to be played in Pune from May 23.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after some excellent performances that helped complete a 3-0 sweep over England in their ICC Women's Championship (IWC) series.
After Ramesh Taurani's Diwali party, Ekta Kapoor picked up the party baton at her home.
Quite a few film folk attended the screening of Archit Kumar's short film Sepia in Mumbai.
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Smriti Mandhana's stroke-filled 94 off 83 balls and Shafali Verma's run-a-ball 71 paved the way for the convincing win.
India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets and boost their chances of a semi-final berth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday.
The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
Veteran pacer Shikha Pandey axed, rookie keeper Shwetha gets maiden call-up.
The 37-year-old cricketer, who retired from T20s last September, remains India's ODI captain and plans to carry on till the 2021 World Cup.
The Grade B has an annual retainer fee of Rs 30 lakh and veterans such as Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma are among 10 players in this bracket.
Chasing a challenging 150-run target, Mandhana smashed 52 off 49 balls and shared 57 runs with Jemimah Rodrigues (23 off 26) for the second wicket to set the platform before India lost four wickets in the span of 10 runs and succumbed easily.
'And it always should be.' 'I believe nothing should come easily to anyone because then there is no thrill in it.'
Captain Mandhana anchored a 119-run stand with Harleen Deol
Supernovas, champions in 2018 and 2019, just about managed to ward off their rivals in a last-over thriller.
The women's team will take on England in a one-off Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is
The digital platform Zee5 completed two years, and threw an anniversary party for its stars.
Smriti Mandhana struck a sublime half-century as India finally produced a good batting display to record a seven-wicket win over Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, keeping their hopes alive for a place in the final of the women's T20 tri-series. Australia posted 173 for 5 courtesy of a quickfire 57-ball 93 from Ashleigh Gardner and Meg Lanning's 22-ball 37 after India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur elected to field at the Junction Oval.
Ekta Kapoor doesn't need a reason to throw a party.
Vasan Bala's much applauded film will hit theatres on Friday.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Ekta Kapoor's little son Ravie turned one on January 26, and she threw a party to celebrate the big day.
Mithali Raj's Velocity overcame some anxious moments late in the innings before registering a three-wicket victory over Trailblazers to keep their hopes alive in the inaugural Women's T20 Challenge, in Jaipur, on Wednesday.
Broken But Beautiful 3 is a typical ALT Balaji show which delves into new age relationships, observes Prateek Sur.
India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead against England.
There was Mandira and Krystle and Shabbir and Urvashi and Neelam and...
Harleen Deol's (52) confident maiden international fifty was the only silver lining for an otherwise lacklustre display by the Indians, who posted a modest 130 for 6 after being invited to bat.
Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers will aim for another win to finish with two victories and enter the final on November 9 with momentum behind them.
Bengal's rookie batswoman Richa Ghosh in India squad
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.
'I and all the overseas players have been really impressed with the standard of the domestic players'
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India women couldn't have asked for a better start to the series, defeating World champions England by 66 runs in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
The hosts cannot afford to take England lightly, as the visiting team boasts of some of the big names in women's cricket.
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