A half-century from Poonam Raut and three wickets by medium pacer Jhulan Goswami helped India record a comfortable eight-wicket win over New Zealand in a warm-up match for the ICC Women's World Cup in Mumbai.
Harmanpreet Kaur was on Wednesday named India women's team captain for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka on a day when her ODI predecessor Mithali Raj announced her international retirement.
Jhulan Goswami said winning a World Cup title remains her ultimate dream
Chasing just 48, Trailblazers lost their first wicket in the fourth over as Smriti Mandhana (6) was sent back to the pavilion by Leigh Kasperek.
Commenting on ICC's decision to postpone the mega event, Jhulan said the right call was taken as most teams would have been under-prepared had it happened as planned.
Shami last played for India in the ODI World Cup final in November 2023. He had sustained an ankle injury on his left leg that required surgery.
The missus is shooting a cricket movie and the Asia Cup 2022's only centurion is getting all mushy.
Soon after the day's play commenced, photographs of Anushka and Ritika watching the game together went viral.
The actor, whose last movie release -- where she featured in the leading role -- was 2018's Zero, has wrapped up the shooting for her next film, Chakda 'Xpress.
These cricketing legends gathered as part of MCC's World Cricket Committee, a body that meets twice a year to address issues in the game.
Why did Mithali Raj share a picture with Poonam Yadav and Jhulan Goswami?
The dismissal reignited an intense debate over the 'spirit of the game'.
The pic, captioned with a heart emoji, has the Royal Challengers Bangalore batter sporting a broad grin while Anushka Sharma, in a no make-up look, smiles, with what looks like daughter Vamika's play area in the background.
Vamika turns 1 on a day when her dad will play his 99th Test, also the day Coach Rahul Dravid turns 49.
'Here's to sun, the sea, the blue-and-gold of Mumbai. Here's to our first-ever #WPL jersey and all she brings', Mumbai Indians tweeted.
Jhulan Goswami rallied behind the seam attack, saying they are all quality bowlers and it is just about sticking with them and showing patience.
'My birthday is made and I can't believe I saw and met the one and only Virat Kohli.'
Jhulan Goswami becomes world's highest wicket-taker in ODIs.
Jhulan Goswami has been named captain of the 14-member team for the series, involving Australia, England and New Zealand, to be played in Chennai, from February 15 to March 6.
Mithali Raj will lead a 15-member Indian team in the women's Asia Cup cricket tournament, to be held in Sri Lanka from April 27 to May 12. ICC 'Woman Player of the Year' award winner Jhulan Goswami will be her deputy.
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.
Ganguly was also effusive in his praise for young pacer Renuka Singh.
Indian women cricketers took to social media to laud the Board of Control for Cricket in India for introducing equal match fees for both men's and women's cricketers in a huge step to introduce pay equity in the sport.
Beth Mooney's brilliant unbeaten hundred gave Australia a five-wicket win over India -- their 26th on the trot -- in the second women's ODI, in Mackay, on Friday.
India dictated terms to mighty Australia who did everything they could to survive the difficult overs under lights and finish the third day of the rain-marred pink ball Test at 143 for four on Saturday.
Smriti Mandhana-led IPL Trailblazers compete against IPL Supernovas, to be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur.
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.
Supernovas, champions in 2018 and 2019, just about managed to ward off their rivals in a last-over thriller.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) left no stone unturned to make the occasion a memorable one.
Jhulan gets promotion after World Cup super show
India's young batters Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma dazzled at the top with contrasting half-centuries to power their team to a consolation two-wicket victory over Australia in the third women's ODI, which ended the home team's 26-match unbeaten streak in Mackay.
India need to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women's World Cup league stage game
New Zealand sprung a fantastic turnaround to defeat India by three wickets
Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma's run-out of Charlie Dean in the third women's One-Day International against England, at Lord's on Saturday, was perfectly legal, but it still divided opinion, with some backing it and Englishmen Stuart Broad and James Anderson expressing annoyance.
WPL will be held this month in Mumbai across two venues -- DY Patil Stadium and Brabourne Stadium.
Among the all-rounders, Deepti Sharma retained her fourth spot with 359 points in the list headed by Ellyse Perry of Australia with 460 points.
Skipper Mithali Raj was the highest placed Indian in the latest ICC T20I Women's Rankings as she remained static in the third position in the batting chart even as Jhulan Goswami fell a place to be fourth in the bowling list.
Unable to carry on the momentum from their opening win, the Indian women's cricket team lost the second ODI to New Zealand by three wickets, failing to pick up crucial points for the 2017 World Cup qualification.
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