The tournament turned out to be the most embarrassing for the 'Women in Blue' as they lost to the minnows twice inside a week.
India exceeded expectations by reaching the ICC Women's World Cup final but there is still scope for performing better as a team, feels veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami.
It was an anti-climactic result for India, who were well on course for a memorable triumph, sitting pretty at 191 for three in 42.5 before a batting collapse saw them bowled out for 219 in 48.4 overs.
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh, India's women's cricket captain Jhulan Goswami and boxer Dinesh Kumar are among the top sportspersons nominated for the Arjuna award, in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last year. The National sports awards (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyan Chand) selection committee, headed by P T Usha, met in Delhi on Friday and finalised the list of awardees.
Indian players retained their numero uno status in the International Cricket Council's ODI Women's Rankings with Mithali Raj leading the batting chart and Jhulan Goswami heading the bowling list issued on Wednesday.
Jhulan Goswami wreaked havoc as Indian eves beat England by 14 runs in a low-scoring second ODI in Taunton on Wednesday to take 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Skipper Jhulan Goswami led from the front with an all-round performance to help India beat New Zealand by three wickets and finish third in the NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
India beat Pakistan by 95 runs in ICC Women's World Cup match in Derby, UK.
'We definitely didn't have partnership at the top of order, despite getting what we wanted after losing the toss. The thought of putting 200+, the match could have gone either way.'
India reached the Women's Twenty20 World Cup final for the first time and sent England home when wet weather washed out the first of back-to-back semi-finals. Mithali Raj said as a cricketer she can feel the pain of the Three Lions
Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and England, in Mount Maunganui, on Wednesday.
Brilliant centuries from Smriti and Harmanpreet were backed by courageous bowling performance as India beat WI by 155 runs.
Coach Ramesh Powar made it clear that he want the seniors to accept more responsibility.
Senior pacer Jhulan Goswami on Wednesday said that BCCI will decide whether the national team will play Pakistan in a bilateral series as a part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
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.
India's women cricketers produced a clinical performance to crush New Zealand by nine wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International in Bengaluru and win the series by a 3-2 margin on Wednesday.
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.
India finished third in the ICC Women's World Cup after Jhulan Goswami and her teammates edged past defending champions Australia by three wickets in a play-off match in Sydney on Saturday. The Indian bowlers ran through the Australian batting order, bundling the hosts for 142 in 44.4 overs. The Indians then faltered before eventually reaching 145 for seven wickets in 43.5 overs in the match reduced to 46-overs-a-side following rain.
India women couldn't have asked for a better start to the series, defeating World champions England by 66 runs in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
India captain Jhulan Goswami discusses the team's preparation and chances at the upcoming women's World Cup in Australia.
The hosts cannot afford to take England lightly, as the visiting team boasts of some of the big names in women's cricket.
The 37-year-old cricketer, who retired from T20s last September, remains India's ODI captain and plans to carry on till the 2021 World Cup.
Amit Sharma will be her deputy for the tournament to be held in Australia from March 7 to 22.
India's women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar says going forward he may try something new or bring in new players.
India felt the absence of experienced pacer Jhulan Goswami as they suffered a three-wicket defeat in the second women's ODI against New Zealand in Queenstown on Tuesday.
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.
Claire Taylor of England, India captain Jhulan Goswami and Australia's Lisa Sthalekar are on top of the world in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women's Rankings which were launched in Mumbai on Thursday. Thirty-three-year-old Taylor spearheads a strong field of six England batters in the top 20 while fast bowler Jhulan leads the bowlers' chart and Sthalekar is just ahead of her team-mate Shelley Nitschke in the all-rounders' listing.
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.
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.
Skipper Jhulan Goswami says if India had beaten New Zealand in the Super Six stage, the women's World Cup would have been within the team's reach. India finished third in the just-concluded tournament, which was won by England.
Not surprisingly, Australia's Ricky Ponting was named the Player and Captain of the Year. But surprisingly, Indian all-rounder Jhulan Goswami won the Women Cricketer of the Year.
Not surprisingly, Australia's Ricky Ponting was named the Player and Captain of the Year. But surprisingly, Indian all-rounder Jhulan Goswami won the Women Cricketer of the Year.
Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three-match series
Mithali Raj produced a brilliant batting performance before Poonam Yadav bagged a three-wicket haul to help the Indian women's cricket team register a crushing 64-run win over Bangladesh in the opening match of Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground here on Saturday. After being asked to bat first, openers Mithali (49*) and Smriti Mandhana (41) not only provided India with a solid start by sharing a crucial 70-run partnership, but also helped the team post a target of 119 runs in their stipulated 20 overs.
What better occasion than International Women's Day to take a look?
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.
Punia got the chance to play her maiden ODI after star opener Mandhana was ruled out on the eve of the game
Poonam Raut and Mithali Raj shared an unbeaten 127-run stand as India women steamrolled South Africa by eight wickets in the final of the Quadrangular Series, in Potchefstroom, on Sunday.
India captain Mithali Raj's excellent show in the three-match series against England has helped her grab the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for the eighth time in her stellar 22-year international career.
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