Mithali Raj says she was not expecting the honour with Virat Kohli also in the race.
Mithali Raj will lead the 14-member Indian squad in the next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers which brings together 10 sides in their quest to claim the remaining four places in the main event to be held in June next year. The tournament will run from February 7 to 21 at four Colombo venues and the sides finishing in the top four of the Super Six stage will join defending champion Australia, host England, former winner New Zealand and reigning ICC World Twenty20 champion West Indies in the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 from June 26 to July 23.
Mithali Raj was named the captain of the Indian women's cricket team for next month's World Cup in South Africa.
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3 Indians included in the squad
Mithali Raj was named as the captain of India's 15-member women's cricket squad on Monday for the World Cup to be played in India next month.
Indian opener Shafali Verma rewrote history books today, smashing the fastest double century in women's Test cricket.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad took a five-wicket haul to take India into the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Cup with a 186-run win over New Zealand in Derby on Saturday.
Australia coach Steve Jenkin has asked his team to forget the past and concentrate on the World Cup final on Sunday
India captain Mithali Raj was on Thursday named in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year while left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht was the lone cricketer to find a place in the both the ODI and T20 Teams of the year announced by the world body.
Mithali Raj will stand in as captain in place of an injured Mamatha Maben against Australia in the last women's ODI in Chennai.
Shafali Verma, the young Indian opener, stole the show on the opening day of the one-off women's Test against South Africa, smashing a record-breaking double century.
India batter Mithali Raj moved up a rung to second spot, overtaking Australian Lisa Sthalekar, in the ICC Women's ODI Player rankings issued on Friday. Mithali scored 59 against England and 75 not out against Sri Lanka in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup group stage matches to guide them into the Super Six stage.
BCCI has announced a cash reward of Rs 50 lakh to each player of the Indian women's cricket team for their tremendous performance in the ongoing Women's World Cup 2017.
He is the fourth men's cricketer to be invited for the ceremony after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
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.
India surpassed that mark when Richa Ghosh hammered a four in the first ball of the 109th over bowled by Annerie Dercksen.
The Gujarat Giants had a special guest cheering them on during their match against the Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
Anil Kumble arrived in Lucknow on Sunday for the 'Pran Prathishta' ceremony
Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj held on to his number one spot while world champions Australia became the number one ODI team in the latest ICC rankings issued.
India's stunning win over defending champions Australia proves how competitive the women's T20 World Cup is going to be, says former India Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj.
Earlier, Mithali Raj scored 62 off 50 balls while teenager Jemimah Rodrigues smashed 44 off 34 balls as Indian women scored a competitive 166 for 4 in 20 overs against South Africa in the fifth and final T20 International, in Cape Town on Saturday.
"We have done exceptionally well and I am sure it is different phase for women's cricket back in India," the 34- year-old said at a special reception hosted for the team by the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Y K Sinha, on Monday.
Indian eves beat Australia by six wickets in the third of the seven-match one-day series.
Mithali Raj will lead the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from August 26 to September 9.
Mithali Raj will lead the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from August 26 to September 9. India will be playing five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 match during the tour.
Asia Cup-winning captain Mithali Raj says her team is capable of dethroning world champions Australia in the next year's World Cup.
Livid with her bowlers after the humiliating first-round exit from the Women's cricket World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj said their collective failure in the must-win group match against minnows Sri Lanka is a bolt from the blue for her.
India skipper Mithali Raj is hopeful of her team using the home conditions to good effect in their opening women's World Cup match against the West Indies on Thursday.
India play Australia for their next ICC Women's World Cup match in Auckland on Saturday. India have so far won two of the four matches they've played.
At 31 years and 256 days, Mithali Raj does not know how many more years of international cricket is left in her but Indian women's cricket team captain is "happy" to have played at least one more Test before she called time on her illustrious career.
Indian women's cricket captain Mithali Raj on Monday said that her side would look to emulate their male counterparts by winning the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September-October.
Former India captain Mithali Raj discusses India's chances at the upcoming women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, and says there's no reason why the team cannot finish better than the runners-up they were in the last edition of the tournament.
Two things keep Shabaash Mithu relevant: Taapsee Pannu and the sheer grit of the Mithali Raj story, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
Indian women's team skipper Mithali Raj has said that she was surprised with West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira's decision to field first after winning the toss in the ICC Women World Cup's opening match on Thursday.
Taapsee Pannu portrays the vulnerability of a young Mithali Raj stumbling into a hostile India camp to the confident captain to went on to inspire generations of players, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
India captain Mithali Raj believes her team can carry forward its winning momentum from last year's Asia Cup into the upcoming quadrangular series.
India skipper Mithali Raj is unperturbed about her team playing its first day game in the ICC Women's World Cup against holders England in Mumbai, as she felt it won't make much difference barring some assistance that the bowlers would get in the morning.
With the second season of WPL around the corner, the Gujarat Giants announced that Australian batter Beth Mooney will captain the team and Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana will be her deputy.
