Course correction for the Indian women's cricket team has become the need of the hour.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
Skipper Mithali Raj's well-crafted half-century went in vain as Indian batting flopped once again with the visitors losing the first WODI against New Zealand by 62 runs in Queenstown on Saturday.
Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and England, in Mount Maunganui, on Wednesday.
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.
The Indian women's cricket team's horror tour of New Zealand continued as they suffered a 63-run defeat in a rain-curtailed fourth ODI in Queenstown on Tuesday with the hosts inching towards a series clean sweep.
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 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.
Two things keep Shabaash Mithu relevant: Taapsee Pannu and the sheer grit of the Mithali Raj story, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
The Southern Stars from Australia reasserted their supremacy with a comprehensive 60-run victory against Indian women
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
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.
Smriti Mandhana is just the fourth women's player and first Indian woman to score a ton in both ODIs and Tests.
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.
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.
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.
Satish Gangwar tells us how he found his lady love Deepti.
It's high time we took fashion lessons from her.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
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.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently the T20 series.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Rohit hit an unprecedented five hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup last year and had a great run last year.
India in their allotted 50-overs posted a target of 192 for the hosts. West Indies got off to a bad start
Taylor's all-round show helps West Indies claim one-run win over India
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, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
The film, Shreyas Talpade's first home production, opened in theatres today.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
Bangladesh took full advantage of a complacent India as they recorded a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the Women's Asia Cup T20 competition, in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
The White Ferns chased down the target in 29.2 overs to register a morale-boosting win.
India's women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar says going forward he may try something new or bring in new players.
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.
Images from ICC women's T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh, in Perth, on Monday.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Images from ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday.
'...and give awards to such performances.'
Sameer Kulkarni tells us how the girl he never wanted to marry became his wife.
Opener Smriti Mandhana's 37-ball 66 went in vain as Australia beat India by 11 runs to win the Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series in Melbourne on Wednesday. Set a target of 156, India were bowled out for 144.
