'All our efforts in this series will be for Jhulu di'
A dominant India women's team routed Barbados by 100 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the T20 cricket competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
The Grade B has an annual retainer fee of Rs 30 lakh and veterans such as Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma are among 10 players in this bracket.
If we have not been world beaters in cricket for the longest time, here is the reason: We look down on our bowlers and deify batsmen, argues Aakar Patel.
Mithali Raj played a captain's knock to guide India Women to a consolation four-wicket win over England
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
Shafali Verma is by far the most decorated of the lot having already played in three World Cup finals at senior level.
For the past 75 years, one of India's greatest all-rounder's name is repeatedly dragged whenever a batter wilfully tries to steal yards at non-striker's end and is legally run out.
India were forced to follow on after being dismissed for 231 in the first innings, in the opening session on Day 3, of the one-off women's Test against England in Bristol, on Friday.
India would like to keep the winning momentum going and maintain its stay in the top four
Images from the Women's Premier League 2023 match between UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
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'...The talk before the tournament was 'we have set the standard and we want to raise that further.'
Chasing a stiff target, the formidable Australian opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Mooney gave Australia the start it needed, adding 73 runs in just under nine overs.
Stafanie Taylor's side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
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India batted poorly to be all out for 124 in 19.4 overs after Pakistan posted a modest 137 for six.
Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh struck two boundaries before perishing and then Heather Graham dismissed Devika Vaidya and Radha Yadav in consecutive deliveries to be in the fray for a hat-trick, which she completed in the final over of the match.
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.
Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt shared the highest opening wicket stand against an under-prepared India to give South Africa an emphatic eight-wicket win in the first ODI of the five match series, in Lucknow, on Sunday.
The issue became a hot topic of discussion when Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end for leaving her crease too early and handed India a historic 3-0 clean sweep in women's ODI series in England, last month.
Coach Ramesh Powar made it clear that he want the seniors to accept more responsibility.
Controversial keeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha, who has been dropped from the Test team, will still earn Rs 1 crore in annual income after being demoted from group B to C.
England's decision to bat first on Tuesday night backfired as Indian bowlers raised their performance by a notch
Virat Kohli was named as the ICC men's player of the month for October following following a series of star performances as India charged their way to the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
Smriti Mandhana isn't actually known to be the most prolific T20 player -- her career T20 International average of 27.32 is middling at best. There have been failures too, but her ability to analyse and assess them honestly is a rarity in modern sport.
Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after some excellent performances that helped complete a 3-0 sweep over England in their ICC Women's Championship (IWC) series.
Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver's aggressive unbeaten fifties beat India Women by eight wickets
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.
Shreyas Talpade plays the titular role with aplomb, applauds Deepti Patwardhan.
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Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and the West Indies, in Hamilton, on Saturday.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit thrashed the home team by 34 runs in the opening T20 and then followed it up with a dominating five-wicket win in the second game to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
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