India women cricket

8 articles tagged with "India women cricket"

Oct 16, 2026

Punam Raut top-scored in the 2017 World Cup final, and she has retired from international cricket at 37

Punam Raut, India’s top scorer in the 2017 World Cup final and one half of the 320-run opening stand with Deepti Sharma, has retired from all internat...

Oct 6, 2026

Harmanpreet Kaur led India in 155 T20Is, and she has given up the captaincy in all three formats

Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down as India women’s captain after a run of three titles in a year, and will carry on as a player.

Sep 16, 2026

India’s women have no group stage in Japan, and their gold medal defence starts against the hosts

Eight teams, four quarter-finals and a gold decided in six days. India play Japan on Friday morning, three days after winning the Asia Cup in Dubai.

Sep 13, 2026

Nigar Sultana did not shake Harmanpreet’s hand, and her own board says that was not their idea

The BCB has distanced itself from its captain’s handshake snub in Dubai, with a bilateral tour of India still unscheduled and Nigar Sultana’s future i...

Jun 22, 2026

India still control their World Cup semi-final fate after the South Africa setback

India’s loss to South Africa dropped them to second in Group 1, but two wins from their last two games, against Bangladesh and Australia, would still...

Jun 18, 2026

Shafali’s all-round show and Mandhana’s 74 send India top of Group 1

A record India total and a Shafali double of bat and ball overwhelmed the Netherlands in Leeds, lifting the two-time finalists above Australia on net...

Jun 2, 2026

Australia, the holders, and India’s best chance: the Women’s T20 World Cup is wide open

The Women’s T20 World Cup begins on June 12 with the field harder to call than usual. Australia remain the team to beat, holders New Zealand head a cr...

May 28, 2026

India open their England T20I series at Chelmsford with the World Cup looming

India start a three-match T20I series against England at Chelmsford on Thursday, their final tune-up before the Women’s T20 World Cup begins in Englan...