Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Shafali Verma upgraded to Grade B in BCCI annual contracts list, number of contracted players reduced to 19

The Grade A which offers an annual retainer fee of Rs 50 lakh once again comprised of three all-format players — Twenty20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and leg-break bowler Poonam Yadav.

ICC T20I rankings: Shafali Verma consolidates top spot; Rajeshwari Gayakwad moves up to career-best 13th

Verma's opening partner Smriti Mandhana, with whom she was associated in a decisive 96-run stand, has gained one spot and is sixth after her unbeaten 48 off 28 deliveries.

India Women vs South Africa Women: Shafali Verma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad help hosts claim consolation nine-wicket win in third T20I

Gayakwad picked up three wickets for just nine runs to help India restrict South Africa Women to 112 for 7 and then Verma and captain Smriti Mandhana (48 not out off 28 balls) shared 96 runs for the opening wicket to canter to an easy win.

India vs South Africa: Shafali Verma regains top spot in ICC T20I rankings

The 17-year-old, who grabbed the top position for the first time after helping her side reach the knockout phase of the T20 World Cup last year in Australia, has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.

India women vs South Africa women: Poonam Yadav admits hosts' spin attack has not been up to mark in ODI series

Indian women vs South Africa women: Hosts hope to salvage pride in final ODI

Barring the convincing nine-wicket win in the second match, the Indian women have barely fired in unison while the South Africans, who have already clinched the series 3-1, have excelled as a team.

India women vs South Africa women: Confident hosts look to carry momentum into 3rd ODI

After losing the series-opener by eight wickets, Indian women crushed South Africa by nine wickets to draw parity.

Women’s T20 Challenge 2020: Trailblazers bowlers demolish an uncertain Velocity

Velocity’s humongous margin of defeat meant that the net run rate has as good as gone out of the equation. All the Supernovas now have to do to qualify is win the third match.

Women’s T20 challenge 2020, Highlights, Velocity vs Trailblazers match, Full Cricket Score: Dottin, Ghosh guide Trailblazers to 9-wicket win

Sushree Dibyadarshini, right-arm off break, comes into the attack. Dottin is the mood to finish this in a jiffy. But it is young Richa Ghosh, who smacks a boundary off the last ball. Nine runs off the over. Trailblazers need 11 runs in 78 balls.

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: From Alyssa Healy's six-hitting prowess to Shafali Verma's dismissal, moments where India lost the final

Once Healy was done with her pyrokinetic adventures, Mooney stayed put till the end to prevent a batting collapse, for that was the only way India could have come back into the match