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.
A multi-billion dollar broadcast market, the game's most powerful board's positive intent and a perfect pitch by the global body based on a three-fold 'U-P-L' principle ensured cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Mooney is one of the few batters in the Women's T20 to have scored more than one hundred, her highest score being an unbeaten 117.
Images from the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa in Christchurch on Sunday.
Shafali smashed 96 in the first innings and made 63 in the second innings, to become the youngest woman and fourth overall to score twin half-centuries in her debut Test
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.
'Back-to-back wickets put a lot of pressure because we didn't have batter who can take it deep'
Meg Lanning's ruthless Australia women's team registered their 25th consecutive victory in one-day internationals on Tuesday after crushing India by nine wickets in the series opener in Mackay.
Even as a commentator, Bedi continued to rail against spinners with dodgy bowling action and called chucking a bigger threat than illegal betting.
Indian cricket in 2022 was chaotic, to say the least and messy at most of the time both on and off the field.
Both men's and women's teams took a chartered flight, many traveling with their families.
An inconsistent India will have no room for errors when they take on a spirited Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's ODI World Cup league match in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Veteran pacer Shikha Pandey axed, rookie keeper Shwetha gets maiden call-up.
India need to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women's World Cup league stage game
India's batting mainstay Harmanpreet Kaur believes Ramesh Powar is the right person to take over as the coach as the Mumbaikar is capable of helping the team achieve more success on the international stage.
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
It remains to be seen how Powar works alongside Mithali, who had accused him of bias after the Harmanpreet Kaur-led T20 team dropped the veteran batter for the all-important World Cup semi-final against England.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the one-off Day-Night Pink Ball women's Test between Australia and India in Gold Coast on Friday.
The Indian women's cricket team would now go through a trial by fire when it make its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off game, starting in Gold Coast on Thursday.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
Admiral R Hari Kumar said while addressing those who completed their four month rigorous training here at INS Chilika, "I assure you (Agniveer), wherever you go, you will be fully prepared with confidence and motivation to face any challenge in the life."
''A man who wears his heart on his sleeves. A man who has a pure heart.'
'That helicopter shot outside of any cricketing textbook is a testament of his originality and talent and immense self-belief.'
The team leaves for Australia on Wednesday to play three ODIs, a day-night Test and three T20Is.
The BCCI deployed three charter flights -- from Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai -- for both the men and women cricketers to assemble in Mumbai and join the team bio bubble on May 24 before flying out for the tour of England.
Star batter Jemimah Rodrigues was on Thursday dropped from the 15-member Indian women's squad for the ICC ODI World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3.
Powar had replaced WV Raman, who had guided the team into the T20 World Cup final in 2020.
From Sachin Tendulkar to P V Sindhu to Virat Kohli to Mirabai Chanu to MC Mary Kom, India's sporting legends wished their fellow-countrymen on this special day.
With three leagues games remaining, India must gain consistency in all departments and maintain their place in the top four to qualify for the semi-finals.
Coach Ramesh Powar made it clear that he want the seniors to accept more responsibility.
The Indian bowlers, who underperformed prior to the game, finally got their act together to limit New Zealand to 251 for nine in 50 overs.
New Zealand sprung a fantastic turnaround to defeat India by three wickets
Modi leads politicians and sportspersons in wishing countrymen on National Sports Day
It's been a busy weekend for Bollywood, and Mumbai's heavy rains did not deter them from going about their business.
Laxman represented Team India in 134 Tests, across which he scored 8,781 runs in 225 innings at an average of 45.97. 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best score of 281.
The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
Smriti Mandhana, Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar scored half-centuries to help India post 244 for 7 in their ICC women's World Cup opener against Pakistan, in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, on Sunday.
In a big blow to the Gujarat Giants camp, skipper Beth Mooney was ruled out of the entire WPL season due to injury.
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