Harmanpreet Kaur, who did not get to do much in ODIs in which Mithali Raj was captain, will lead the T20 side.
Harmanpreet extends association with Sydney Thunder for BBL
England all-rounder Sarah Glenn closed in on compatriot Sophie Ecclestone after a fine show in the first match of their three-T20I series against India.
Smriti Mandhana's stroke-filled 94 off 83 balls and Shafali Verma's run-a-ball 71 paved the way for the convincing win.
Harmanpreet Kaur said with sprightly teenagers like Jemaimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma in the ranks, the team is 'mentally very fresh'.
India T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur and all-rounder Deepti Sharma came up with match-winning performances for their respective teams in the Women's Big Bash League on Sunday.
Ravi Shastri said that it was a touching moment for him to get bestowed with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
Suryakumar beat the likes of Sam Curran, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and Zimbabwe's batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the top honour.
Earlier, the 22-year-old Jemimah finally returned to form and it was her strokeplay which helped India up the ante after a slow start at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
India, who will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, will launch their campaign with a clash against Sri Lanka
Dashing opener Shafali Verma smashed 81 off 48 to power India to 178 for 3.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead against England.
Pacers Shikha Pandey and Jhulan Goswami snapped four wickets each while Smriti Mandhana hit a half-century as India outclassed England by seven wickets in the second ODI to seal the three-match series.
Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and England, in Mount Maunganui, on Wednesday.
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.
Supernovas, champions in 2018 and 2019, just about managed to ward off their rivals in a last-over thriller.
The Indian women's cricket team rode on some disciplined bowling to register a 10-run victory over Bangladesh in the third and final T20 International and inflict a 3-0 whitewash on the visitors, in Vadodara, on Friday. Electing to bat, India posted 123 for 9 and then restricted Bangladesh to 113 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs.
She achieved the feat in a T20I against West Indies at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
Gavaskar said a women's IPL should be on cards even if there's isn't enough Indian talent to have an eight-team IPL. Gavaskar cited the examples of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, who gained from playing the women's Big Bash League.
India beat Ireland by 52 runs to enter the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World T20 on Thursday.
Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women's T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday.
Ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore named Ben Sawyer as head coach.
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's ton went in vain as Australia rode on half-centuries by Nicole Bolton (77) and skipper Meg Lanning (61) to register a comfortable six-wicket win over India in the second ODI and seal the three-match series 2-0 in Hobart.
India, who have been among the top teams over the last five years but unable to win a major trophy
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The duo progressed following their fine showing in India's victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener.
Indian batters were skittled out for 85 in 15 overs.
"Tough day as a team, not a good batting display in the finals and I'm really upset today. Next, we have the T20 World Cup and we learned a lot of things in this tournament and as a batting unit, we have to stick with our plans," expressed the captain.
Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas of which eight are from the associate nations.
This is India's 2nd win in as many games.
'Our goal is to win the next World Cup and we will surely win it'
With this victory, New Zealand have taken a 2-0 lead in the series with a match to play.
Wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy smashed her way to a brilliant 133 off 115 balls with the Southern Stars piling up a massive 332 for 7.
India galloped to a 110-run win over Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's World Cup match, keeping themselves in the reckoning for a place in the semi-finals, in Hamilton on Tuesday.
India's Deepti Sharma gained two spots to be at 18th
Having won the three-match ODI series 2-1, India are currently leading the five-match T20 series 2-0.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in a low-scoring final to win the cricket gold medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
India stormed to their seventh Women's Asia Cup title in eight editions as they trounced Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final in Sylhet, Bangladesh on Saturday.
