India Womens Cricket

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur says India can't make silly mistakes as they gear up for knockouts

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur rued the inability of her batters to capitalise on good starts and cautioned them against making "silly mistakes" as they gear up for bigger matches in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

Shafali Verma's journey from contemplating a haircut to play tournaments in Haryana to entering Indian women's team

Shafali Verma's career has now blossomed, with the 16-year-old earning a place in the national side for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

Shreya Parab, Shivani Shinde to replace Richa Ghosh, Nuzhat Parween in India women's squads for Quadrangular T20 series

Goa's Shreya Parab and Maharashtra's Shivani Shinde were on Thursday named as replacements in the India A and B squads for the upcoming Quadrangular T20 series featuring Bangladesh and Thailand.

Mithali Raj says issue of low batting strike rate of other players isn't highlighted as much as hers

However Mithali feels that she has always been unfairly targeted despite some of the other players also coming cropper in shorter formats.

I have moved on, says Mithali Raj on spat with Ramesh Powar and Diana Edulji as Indian women begin series against New Zealand

Mithali emphasised on the need to bring the focus back on cricket and said winning in New Zealand would help in that direction.

India women's cricket in 2018: From new approach to ugly Mithali Raj-Ramesh Powar spat; one step forward, two steps back

From new approach to ugly Mithali Raj-Ramesh Powar spat, a look at the key talking points of women’s cricket in India in 2018.

Diana Edulji claims Shantha Rangaswamy feels women's cricket is being used to target the CoA member

Diana Edulji, who was accused of bias by ODI captain Mithali Raj following a bitter fallout with Powar, said Shantha Rangaswamy has backed her in an email that was sent to the COA as well as BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary.

With coach Ramesh Powar on way out, Indian women's team hopes for controversy-free future

"His (Ramesh Powar) contract is coming to an end today and there is little chance that he will be brought back," a top BCCI official told.

Mithali Raj controversy: Time to appoint Smriti Mandhana skipper in all formats, scrap dual captaincy formula

Smriti Mandhana seems the best candidate to set in place a culture of respect, honesty and professionalism in this young team, and take it forward into the next two World Cup cycles.

Women's World T20 2018: Top-order, spinners key as youthful India look to better tournament record, exorcise ghosts of 2016

Grouped alongside Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan, India will have to be at the top of their game if they want to qualify for the knockouts.