Mithali Raj produced a brilliant batting performance before Poonam Yadav bagged a three-wicket haul to help the Indian women's cricket team register a crushing 64-run win over Bangladesh in the opening match of Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground here on Saturday. After being asked to bat first, openers Mithali (49*) and Smriti Mandhana (41) not only provided India with a solid start by sharing a crucial 70-run partnership, but also helped the team post a target of 119 runs in their stipulated 20 overs.
Edulji, who was accused of bias by ODI captain Mithali Raj following a bitter fallout with Powar, said Rangaswamy has backed her in an email that was sent to the COA as well as BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary.
Ahead of the opener of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, Gujarat Giants' skipper Beth Mooney opened up on her role as a captain.
The warm-up match against England 'A' was decided by the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain brought about an early end.
Buoyed by the comprehensive 105-run victory in their Group A opener against the West Indies, hosts India go with their tails up against jittery defending champions England in a crucial league game of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a victory target of 143, Mithali Raj smashed a quick-fire 51 but failed to hit a final ball six that would have tied the scores as the Indian women's cricket team lost their Twenty20 international against Australia by two runs in Sydney on Tuesday.
Despite rain washing out the semi-final clash between India and Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, on Tuesday, Indian eves advanced to the ACC Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup final by the virtue of topping their pool.
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Bowlers let the Indian women cricket team down for the second consecutive time as it suffered a nine-wicket defeat against England in a Group A match to go out of semifinal contention in the Women's World Twenty20, in Galle on Saturday.
Bowlers let the Indian women cricket team down for the second consecutive time as it suffered a nine-wicket defeat against England in a Group A match to go out of semifinal contention in the Women's World Twenty20, in Galle on Saturday.
India suffered a dramatic batting collapse in the second part of their innings and were handed a crushing eight-wicket defeat by defending champions Australia in their opening match of the women's World Twenty20, at the Galle International stadium, on Thursday.
Indian women produced a disappointing batting display as they suffered a 33-run loss at the hands of England in their Twenty20 International match in Canterbury.
India will face their biggest challenge so far in the ICC Women's World T20 when they lock horns with a gifted Australian team in an inconsequential game, in Guyana, on Saturday.
Diwali festivities with Bollywood stars and their little ones continue in full swing.
After suffering a 32-run loss against defending champions England on Sunday, the Mithali Raj led Indian team will have to pull up their socks as they lock horns with Sri Lanka in a must-win game for both teams in the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Tuesday.
A listless Indian team failed in all departments of the game and was handed a five-wicket defeat by Australia in their second warm-up ahead of the ICC women's World Cup, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. India scored 222 for 8 after opting to bat. The Australians chased down the target of 223 runs in 37.3 overs, despite losing a wicket in the first over.
Mandhana, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
CA Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to participate at the Olympics, on Monday received her Arjuna Award from Sports Minister Anurag Thakur.
England women's team defeated India by three wickets in the fourth cricket ODI to level the five-match series 2-2.
The tournament turned out to be the most embarrassing for the 'Women in Blue' as they lost to the minnows twice inside a week.
Skipper Mithali Raj led from the front with an unbeaten knock of 94 as the Indian women's cricket team defeated England by five wickets in their first One-dayer in London.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front with an all-round show as India outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets to remain the sole unbeaten team in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament in Bangkok. Kaur bagged two crucial wickets helping India restrict Pakistan to 97 for seven in 20 overs before taking her team over the line with an unbeaten 26 off 22 balls.
Mithali Raj's 73 went in vain as India suffered a five-wicket loss to give to England eves a 2-0 series lead.
Olympic bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh was on Tuesday added to the list of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, taking the total number of this year's winners to an unparalleled 12.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
'What is the use of conducting an inquiry?' 'The BCCI will ask them about leaving out Mithali, but they can get away saying it was the team management's decision.' 'I can tell you nothing will come out of this,' former Indian women's team coach Tushar Arothe tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
Captain Mithali Raj hit an unbeaten 91 as India beat defending champions New Zealand by 40 runs in the semi-final.
India lost by 17 runs and suffered their first defeat in the women's World Cup cricket tournament.
As we celebrate International Women's day on March 8, meet the Indian sportswomen who have made the nation proud with their superlative performances in the sporting arena.
The Supernovas, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invincible so far winning all the previous two editions.
Off-spinner Diana David wreaked havoc as India crushed Sri Lanka by 71 runs in a lop-sided Group B encounter of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup at Basseterre.
Brilliant centuries from Smriti and Harmanpreet were backed by courageous bowling performance as India beat WI by 155 runs.
India captain Jhulan Goswami discusses the team's preparation and chances at the upcoming women's World Cup in Australia.
After the lone Twenty20 match between India and England was washed out at Taunton, the fourth ODI in Arundel was truncated to a 23-overs-a-side affair, which saw the visitors hurtling to a seven-wicket defeat.
India opener Rohit Sharma also took to the micro-blogging site to offer his condolences.
Captain Mithali Raj believes the Indian women's team are more than capable of winning the upcoming ODI World Cup.
India stuttered in what should have been a comfortable run chase before Harmanpreet took India home with an unbeaten 31 of 32 balls.
An unprecedented 11 athletes were selected for the country's highest sporting honour.
Indian middle order batsman Harmanpreet Kaur took centre stage with an unbeaten 171 and was backed by a disciplined performance by her bowlers as India pulled off a 36-run upset win over six-time world champions Australia.
India ODI captain Mithali Raj has slipped to the fifth spot.
