'After people watch this film, their thinking towards women will change.'
Inability to handle pressure in big finals has kept the women's team away from a major ICC trophy
'She is a star and that has nothing to do with where she was born.' 'I always say about her that, wherever she would have been born and whatever job she would have done, she would have been a star
India's women's team head coach W V Raman said his players lacked game time and were short on "mental stamina and "cricketing fitness" after the 1-4 series defeat.
Indian contingent has an opportunity to go deep in the draw and recapture the trophy which has been won by just two Indians so far -- the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) and P Gopichand (2001).
The South African women's team's top-order fired in unison and helped their team clinch the five-match series against India with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in the fourth ODI, in Lucknow, on Sunday.
Opener Mithali Raj held the innings together with an unbeaten half-century as Indian women notched up a comfortable seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the first T20 International, in Potchefstroom, on Tuesday.
Sukanya Verma tells us how to rock night clothes, Hindi filum style.
India were able to defend a modest 146 by bowling out South Africa for 140 in 48 overs.
Puri earned a salary of Rs 7.39 crore in FY15, up 21.74% from last year
Punia got the chance to play her maiden ODI after star opener Mandhana was ruled out on the eve of the game
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka, in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Bhavesh Joshi postponed by a week, to clash with Veere Di Wedding.
Shikha Uberoi, who has been representing the US was cleared to play for India in professional and organised team events.
Having won the three-match ODI series 2-1, India are currently leading the five-match T20 series 2-0.
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.
Shikha and Neha lost in the opening round of the doubles at the WTA Tier III tournament in Hasselt, Belgium.
The hosts cannot afford to take England lightly, as the visiting team boasts of some of the big names in women's cricket.
If BCCI decides to send multiple names in the men's category, senior opener Shikhar Dhawan could also be preferred as he missed out in 2018 despite the Board sending his nomination.
Neha and Shikha lost in the final qualifying round of the women's doubles in the WTA tournament in Cincinnati.
The Supernovas, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invincible so far winning all the previous two editions.
India's One-day captain Mithali Raj and top batter Harmanpreet Kaur were placed 2nd and 10th in the ICC batswomen's rankings released after the World Cup qualifier that ended on Tuesday.
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.
The T20 Challenge, to be played during the IPL play-offs, will begin with last year's finalist Supernovas taking on Velocity in the opening game.
Teenager Shafali Verma scored her second consecutive half-century after off-spinner Deepti Sharma starred with the ball as the Indian women's team registered an emphatic 10-wicket win against West Indies in the second T20 International.
A flurry of wickets dented Windies hopes and the team folded up for 194 runs in the 50th over.
Shafali Verma smashed a 17-ball 39, including four sixes, to steer India to 142 to six
Smriti Mandhana-led IPL Trailblazers compete against IPL Supernovas, to be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur.
Smriti Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side.
Skipper Mithali Raj led from the front with an 89-run knock to save the Indian women's cricket team from a whitewash by guiding it to a comfortable five-wicket in the third and final ODI against Australia in Hobart on Sunday. The Indians, having already surrendered the series by losing the first two matches, managed to end the tour on a positive note with a consolation victory. Electing to bat after winning the toss, the Australian team lost a couple of early wickets before half-centuries by Elyse Perry (50) and Alex Blackwell (60) helped the team post 231/7 in their 50 overs. Blackwell's 60 from 64 balls was noteworthy given that Australia's strong batting line-up struggled to score freely in the face of a disciplined bowling display from India.
Australian women's cricket team overcame the disappointment of losing the T20I series, as they thrashed India Women by 101 runs in the first One-day International in Canberra.
Take a look at the arrivals.
'Happy birthday to the sibling I wish I had.' Bollywood gives Kareena a lot of love.
A look at the red carpet pictures.
India's decision to rest star player Sania Mirza in the opening match itself against Indonesia backfired as they lost 1-2 in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 Federation Cup tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday.
England is the third team to figure in the tournament in which all matches will be played at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium.
Other Indian-origin personalities on the list are Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta, doctor and Executive Director of nonprofit Get Us PPE Shikha Gupta and founder of nonprofit Upsolve Rohan Pavuluri.
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