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.
The Indian ladies are no longer bogged down by the timidity of the past and are more than willing to embrace the temerity of the present, says Dhruv Munjal.
During the May 17 conclave in Mumbai, the captains and coaches of the women's state teams will be joining their male counterparts in giving assessment of the just-concluded domestic season.
A dominant India sailed into the final of the women's Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament with a seven-wicket drubbing of arch-rivals Pakistan in their last round robin match, in Kuala Lumpur.
The spin trio of Gouher Sultana, debutant Diana David and Poonam Raut bowled India to a series-equalling 30-run win over the visiting English women in the second Twenty20 international in Mumbai on Saturday.
Indian women's cricket team will be eager to pile further misery on South Africa
India produced a clinical all-round performance to thrash hosts South Africa by 88 runs in the first one-dayer of the ICC Women's Championship at Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Monday.
Harmanpreet, who was the second highest run-maker during the recently concluded ICC Women's World T20 event, gained three slots to reach the third position.
India captain Jhulan Goswami discusses the team's preparation and chances at the upcoming women's World Cup in Australia.
India women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur is happy to play a host of matches, something that they have missed all these years with considerable gap between two international series.
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.
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.
Jhulan gets promotion after World Cup super show
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted the women's cricket team and told the players that they made the nation proud like several other 'daughters' of the country.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday felicitated the Indian women's cricket team for its spectacular performance in the ICC World Cup, saying this will inspire the country's youth to take up sports as a career option.
Leading the litany of praises for Mithali Raj and her girls was Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India captain Mithali Raj admitted wilting under pressure in a tense run chase against England in the World Cup final but said they will walk out as a proud bunch.
Former India coach Anil Kumble is in the running for the Coach of the Year award in the inaugural edition of the Indian Sports Honours, instituted by the RP-SG Group in association with the foundation of skipper Virat Kohli.
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.
India booked a semi-final berth in the women's Twenty20 World Cup after humbling Sri Lanka by five wickets in a rain-marred Pool B match, in Taunton, on Monday. Punam Raut scored a patient 30 off 40 balls and Mithali Raj an unbeaten 22-ball 32 as India romped home after restricting the Lankans to a paltry 94 for six in a rain-reduced 18 overs-a-side match at County Ground.
India clinched their fourth successive women's cricket Asia Cup title by thrashing Sri Lanka by a massive 117 runs in the final at the Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala on Sunday.
Cricket administration was among the many hats Arun Jaitley wore in public life and in his death, the players remembered the man who seamlessly juggled roles, and stood by them in their hour of need.
Harmanpreet Kaur did not get enough batting time in the run up to her blistering knock in the ICC Women's World Cup semifinal and the Indian power-hitter said she wanted to prove her worth when the opportunity arrived.
India are through to take on England in the ICC Women's World Cup final after defending champions Australia fell 36 runs short of their victory target in a dramatic semi-final at Derby on Thursday.
In another match in the quadrangular women's cricket tournament, New Zealand beat Australia by six wickets.
Defending champions India started their women's Asia Cup campaign beating Pakistan by 80 runs.
Having cut off the "umbilical cord" that tied him to the Board, the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) spoke to PTI on a range of issues from "giving a free hand" to the Virat Kohli-Ravi Shastri duo, Anil Kumble's exit as national coach, his frosty relationship with colleague Diana Edulji, sexual harassment allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and difficulties in implementing the Supreme Court-mandated Lodha recommendations.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck a sensational half century as Supernovas clinched the Women's T20 Challenge with a four-wicket victory over Velocity in a dramatic final, in Jaipur, on Saturday.
Deepti stars with 188 as India thrash Ireland by 249 runs The knock is best by an Indian as she bettered the unbeaten 138 by Jaya Sharma against Pakistan in 2005.
Indian eves continued their march towards a third successive Asia Cup title crushing Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.
The Indian women's team almost pulled off a dramatic win but failed to score a boundary in the final delivery to lose the third and final T20 International against New Zealand by a mere two runs in Hamilton.
They lost their fifth and final one-day international to England by seven wickets.
Mithali Raj's 73 went in vain as India suffered a five-wicket loss to give to England eves a 2-0 series lead.
The warm-up match against England 'A' was decided by the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain brought about an early end.
Indian eves thrashed Ireland by 106 runs to win the second and final one-day international, clean sweeping the series 2-0.
All-rounder Jhulan Goswami struck a gritty fifty before the bowlers defended a low score to help India beat New Zealand by 17 runs in the first of the five-match ODI series here today and gather two crucial points in their bid to qualify for the 2017 Women's World Cup.
IMAGES from the first ODI played between New Zealand and India at Napier
Amit Shah digitally inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in presence of late finance minister's family.
Mamata Maben and Mithali Raj have been retained captain and vice-captain respectively of the\nIndian women's cricket team for their upcoming one-day series against Australia.
A historic series triumph already sealed, the Indian women's cricket team faltered in its quest for a clean-sweep as it went down by 15 runs to Australia in the third and final Twenty20 International following a spectacular batting collapse in Sydney on Sunday. Chasing a victory target of 137, the Indians, who pocketed the series after winning the first two games, were comfortably placed at 94 for 3 in 13.3 overs before a middle-order collapse led them to end at 121 for 8 at the SCG. The Indians scored just 27 runs from the last 6.3 overs and lost five wickets in the process to hand Australia a consolation win.
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