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.
India, who will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, will launch their campaign with a clash against Sri Lanka
The Indians are in red-hot form, but history favours England, who have won all the five WT20 matches played between the two sides, when they meet in the semi-finals of the ICC women's World Cup on Thursday.
Before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand, India's top-order batsman Jemimah Rodrigues was seen shaking a leg at the entrance alley of the Junction Oval stadium in Melbourne. Rodrigues was not alone, as she was joined by an off-duty security guard and the duo danced to a song from the recently-released Bollywood flick Love Aaj Kal.
Mandhana 136 (120b, 18x4, 2x6) and Harmanpreet 103 not out (88b, 9x4, 3x6) ran roughshod over the Proteas bowlers after being asked to bat first.
Mumbai Indians aim to cap their superb WPL season by defeating Meg Lanning's Delhi Capitals in the final of the inaugural edition of the T20 league on Sunday.
Bengal's rookie batswoman Richa Ghosh in India squad
Australia were bowled out for 219 in their first innings -- their lowest total against India in Tests.
India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets and boost their chances of a semi-final berth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday.
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.
Smriti Mandhana expressed her overwhelming joy on winning a gold medal
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Wednesday rued that her bowlers couldn't properly execute their plans in the first T20I against England but said it was a new bowling line-up and they need such games heading into next year's T20 World Cup.
India, who have been among the top teams over the last five years but unable to win a major trophy
Images from the WPL 2024 match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday.
India opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma have moved up a place each to attain career-best second spot in the batters and bowlers' charts of the latest ICC women's T20I player rankings.
Shafali Verma is by far the most decorated of the lot having already played in three World Cup finals at senior level.
The skipper admitted that while it is not possible to give everyone an equal opportunity all the time, but it is her responsibility to talk to everyone to find out the perfect team combination for big tournaments.
Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
With this series win, the Indian women clinched their fourth consecutive bilateral series victory against the island nation.
Debutants Sneh Rana and Taniya Bhatia shared an unbeaten 108-run stand for the ninth wicket to secure a memorable draw for India in the one-off women's Test against England, in Bristol, on Saturday.
Indian all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur played a crucial knock of 35 runs, as Melbourne Renegades defeated Sydney Sixers by seven wickets in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) match in Launceston.
Richa Ghosh (1) and Harmanpreet, the two other big-hitters apart from Shafali, were also dismissed while going for big hits and almost all the Australian bowlers reduced the pace on their deliveries to make it difficult for strokeplay.
It was more out of compulsion that the 15-year-old slugged it out with boys in her bid to play cricket for India, a dream she shared with her father Sanjeev.
India's young batters Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma dazzled at the top with contrasting half-centuries to power their team to a consolation two-wicket victory over Australia in the third women's ODI, which ended the home team's 26-match unbeaten streak in Mackay.
England beat India by four wickets in second T20I, win series
Coach Ramesh Powar made it clear that he want the seniors to accept more responsibility.
IMAGES from the WPL opener between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians played in Bengaluru on Friday
Images from ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday.
India skipper Mithali Raj was on Tuesday joined at the top by South Africa opener Lizelle Lee, whose unbeaten 91 in the opening match against the West Indies helped her take joint-first position in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings.
For India, Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues (29 off 33 balls) added 57 for the second wicket.
Former India women's captain Diana Edulji comes down heavily on Harmanpreet and Co, questions fitness
Smriti Mandhana played a sizzling knock as India entered their third successive Women's T20 World Cup semifinal with a win over Ireland.
The Supernovas, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invincible so far winning all the previous two editions.
India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur blamed their shock loss to Pakistan on rejigged batting order, saying the decision to give batters enough game time before next year's T20 World Cup backfired.
The T20 World Cup will be played in South Africa in February next year.
Radha Yadav hailed the impact of bowling coach Narendra Hirwani after registering her career-best figures in India's seven-wicket ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 victory over Sri Lanka.
There was a huge uproar in the Commonwealth Games gold medal match after Australia cricketer Tahlia McGrath was allowed to play the T20 final against India on Sunday despite testing positive for COVID-19.
Shubman Gill was conferred with the Polly Umrigar Best Men's International Cricketer of the Year award for 2022-23.
'We have a talented side, and we'll go upwards as we play more'
Wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia, who has an unimpressive strike rate of under 100 in the T20 format, was on Monday named in the Indian women's squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
