India's women's team will hope to produce a strong all-round effort against a tricky Sri Lanka and win the ODI tri-series final in Colombo on Sunday.
India were served well by their top order batters with each of them hitting their stride to make significant contributions, even as the middle order players did not get going.
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The dismissal reignited an intense debate over the 'spirit of the game'.
The UAE team never even bothered to be competitive in its chase, finishing the quota of 20 overs at 74 for 4.
Shafali returns to T20 side for England tour, fit-again Yastika also comes back
England beat India by eight wickets in rain-affected 2nd women''s ODI to level series 1-1
India opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma have moved up a place each to attain career-best second spot in the batters and bowlers' charts of the latest ICC women's T20I player rankings.
A superb 84-ball 102 from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and a splendid 6-52 from young pacer Kranti Goud helped India Women steer to a sensational 13-run win in the final ODI against England to clinch the three-match series 2-1 at Chester-le-Street, Durham, on Tuesday.
India bowled out Sri Lanka for 171 in 48.2 overs, and then chased down the target with 12 overs to spare.
However, Gardner produced an inspired knock, adding 55 runs off 42 balls with Laura Wolvaardt (22) to resurrect the innings.
IMAGES from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) played in Lucknow on Saturday
In the 16th over of South Africa's innings, Chahar showed extraordinary game awareness and was quick to notice that Tristan Stubbs was backing up too far and outside his crease at the non-striker's end.
Delhi Capitals will be aiming to claim the top spot, while UP Warriorz will be desperate to register their first victory of the season when the two sides face off in the Women's Premier League in Bengaluru on Saturday.
India's women's team all-rounder Deepti Sharma was bestowed the honour of ringing the bell to mark the start of the fourth day's play in the second men's Test between England and India at the hallowed Lord's Cricket Ground, on Sunday.
Harmanpreet led from the front with her seventh women's ODI century as India defeated England by 13 runs in a high-scoring decider in Chester-le-Street, Durham on Tuesday to clinch the three-match series 2-1, following their 3-2 triumph in the WT20Is earlier.
India's Deepti Sharma gained two spots to be at 18th
India women will be keen to internalise the conditions and character of venues in England ahead of next year's World Cup during the five-match T20I series against the hosts, beginning with the opening game on Saturday.
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The Gujarat Giants will be hoping to improve their bowling and fielding after a disappointing defeat in their Women's Premier League season opener. They will face the UP Warriorz, led by Deepti Sharma, who will be looking to capitalize on their strong spin bowling attack. The match will be a crucial one for both teams as they seek to make their mark in the tournament.
Images from the WPL match played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and UP Warriorz in Bengaluru on Monday.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's sturdy middle-order, in-form skipper Smriti Mandhana and a partisan home crowd will be the major challenges UP Warriorz will have to contend with when the two teams clash in the Women's Premier League match in Bengaluru on Monday.
Stylish opener Smriti Mandhana inched closer to reclaiming the world number one spot in the ICC Women's ODI batting rankings
Virat Kohli, who has been in great form at the T20 World Cup, along with India women star players Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma were nominated for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for October.
Indian men's team batter Shreyas Iyer, women's team captain Mithali Raj and star all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Wednesday nominated for the ICC's Player of the Month award.
Sharma grabbed three wickets against Pakistan and two each against Bangladesh and Thailand, overtaking South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail and now, only trails England spinners, Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn.
PHOTOS from the Women's Premier League match played between MI and UP Warriorz in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Film folk make memories on Holi and show the world how they celebrated the festival of colours.
Deepti is one of the 27 athletes who will be getting the Arjuna Award on August 29 this year.
India women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were retained in Grade A, the highest category of central contracts offered by BCCI.
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
IMAGES from the WPL match played between Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz on Thursday.
India opener Smriti Mandhana has climbed to the second spot in the latest ICC women's ODI batting rankings following a stellar series against Ireland.
UP Warriorz will be looking to bounce back and avenge their earlier defeat when they take on a resurgent Gujarat Giants in a crucial return-leg Women's Premier League fixture in Lucknow on Monday.
New Zealand sprung a fantastic turnaround to defeat India by three wickets
Rejuvenated by their thrilling super-over win over RCB, UP Warriorz will look to continue their momentum when they take on an upbeat Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League match in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur was fined 10 per cent of her match fee for showing dissent at umpire's decision during her team's match against UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League.
'The incident has underlined that you can't leave anything to chance or take anything for granted.' 'You have to ensure that your family is taken care of 24x7.'
IMAGES from the Women's T20 World Cup match between India and Australia in Sharjah on Sunday
The woman said after two female passengers who were travelling in same coach de-boarded the train at Alwal railway station, one unidentified man, aged around 25, came near her and demanded sexual favor and when she refused he tried to force upon her then she jumped from the moving train.
