The India women's national cricket team represents India in international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International status. India are the current holders of the World Cup, the Asia Cup, and the Asian Games.
The team has played 43 Test matches, winning 9, losing 7, and with 27 ending in draws. Their first international match, on 31 October 1976, was a Test against the West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore which ended in a draw.
The team has played 345 ODI matches, winning 188, losing 150, tying 2, and with 5 ending in a no-result. India has won the World Cup once in 2025. India has reached the World Cup final on three occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005, and to England by 9 runs in 2017, and winning against South Africa by 52 runs in 2025. India have also won the ODI Asia Cup, a record four times in 2004, 2005-06, 2006, and 2008.
The team has played 233 T20I matches, winning 131, losing 95, tying 1, and with 6 ending in a no-result. India has reached the finals of the T20 World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. India have also won the T20I Asia Cup, a record four times in 2012, 2016, 2022, and 2026. In addition, India have also won golds at the Asian Games in 2022 and 2026, and won a silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
History The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always looted the British ships, so the East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket. The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877. In 1911, an Indian men's cricket team was formed and toured England, where they played English county teams. The India men's team made their Test debut against England in 1932. The first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934.
Women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) was formed in 1973. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies. India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1976 against West Indies under Shantha Rangaswamy's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna.
The WCAI, the governing body for women's cricket, was affiliated to the International Women's Cricket Council. As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006/07.
In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team. In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.
In July 2025, India clinched their first-ever Women's T20I series win against England, securing an unassailable 3–1 lead in the five-match series. The landmark victory came in the fourth T20I at Worcester, where Indian spinners Radha Yadav, Deepti Sharma, and newcomer Shree Charani restricted England to 126/7. Openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana set up a comfortable six-wicket chase, finished with 18 balls to spare. The win marked a historic breakthrough, as India had never previously won a T20I series against England, either home or away. The performance, highlighted by disciplined bowling and sharp fielding, also served as vital preparation ahead of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup in England.
In November 2025, India won their first Women's Cricket World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. In the semi-final, they chased a huge target of 339 runs against Australia, which is one also the highest successful run chases in the history of Women's ODI. The victory was widely celebrated and recognized across India as a landmark moment for women's cricket in the country.
Governing body
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1928 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006 to 2010 for US$612,000,000. It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.
Selection Committee
On 28 September 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of new All-India Women's Selection Committee. Amita Sharma, former indian right-arm medium fast bowler, heads the five-member selection committee. Amita Sharma (chief selector) Shyama Dey Jaya Sharma Sulakshana Naik Sravanthi Naidu
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Gallery
International grounds
Captains
Current squad
This lists all the active players who played for India in the last 12 months or were named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics.
Key Symbol Meaning S/N Shirt number of the player in all formats Format Denotes the player's playing format
S/N Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Batters 23 Harmanpreet Kaur Right-handed Right-arm off break Punjab Test, ODI & T20I 18 Smriti Mandhana (C) Left-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra Test, ODI & T20I 5 Jemimah Rodrigues Right-handed Right-arm off break Mumbai Test, ODI & T20I 64 Pratika Rawal 24 Right-handed Right-arm Off spin Railways Test & ODI 45 Bharti Fulmali 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium Vidarbha T20I 16 Priya Punia Right-handed Right-arm medium Delhi Test 23 Tejal Hasabnis Right-handed Right-arm off break Maharashtra ODI All-rounders 6 Deepti Sharma Left-handed Right-arm off break Uttar Pradesh Test, ODI & T20I 2 Sneh Rana Right-handed Right-arm off break Railways Test, ODI 17 Shafali Verma Right-handed Right-arm off break Haryana Test, ODI & T20I 47 Sayali Satghare Right-handed Right-arm medium Mumbai Test 81 Kashvee Gautam Right-handed Right-arm medium Chandigarh ODI 33 Harleen Deol Right-handed Right-arm leg break Himachal Pradesh Test & ODI 30 Amanjot Kaur Right-handed Right-arm medium Punjab ODI & T20I 20 Arundhati Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium Kerala T20I 21 Radha Yadav Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Baroda T20I 58 Nandani Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium Chandigarh Test & T20I Wicket-keepers 13 Richa Ghosh Right-handed Bengal Test, ODI & T20I 11 Yastika Bhatia Left-handed Baroda Test & T20I 55 Uma Chetry Right-handed Assam ODI 16 G Kamalini Left-handed Tamil Nadu ODI Spin bowlers 4 Shree Charani Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox Andhra Test, ODI & T20I 31 Shreyanka Patil Right-handed Right-arm off break Karnataka T20I 2 Vaishnavi Sharma Right-handed Left-arm slow orthodox Madhya Pradesh ODI 28 Prema Rawat Right-handed Right-arm leg break Uttarakhand T20I Pace bowlers 26 Kranti Gaud Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Madhya Pradesh Test, ODI & T20I 10 Renuka Singh Thakur Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways Test, ODI & T20I
Match fees Players also receive a match fee of per Test match, per ODI, and per T20I. The BCCI adopted a pay equity policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022.
Coaching staff
Position NameHead coach & Batting coach Amol MuzumdarBowling coach Aavishkar SalviFielding coach Munish BaliTeam Manager Niranjan GodboleNets Trainers Tanveer ShuklaSourav TyagiUtkarsh SinghAkhil S PrasadPhysiotherapist Akanksha Satyavanshi Neha KarnikFitness Trainer Anand DateAnalyst Aniruddha Deshpande
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India +KeyChampionsRunners-upSemi-finals
Cricket World Cup
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 1973Did not participate 1978 Group Stage 4/4 3 0 3 0 0 1982 Group Stage 4/5 12 4 8 0 0 1988Did not participate 1993 Group Stage 4/8 7 4 3 0 0 1997 Semi Finals 4/11 5 3 1 1 0 2000 Semi Finals 3/8 8 5 3 0 0 2005 Runners Up 2/8 8 5 2 0 1 2009 Super 6s 3/6 7 5 2 0 0 2013 Group Stage 7/8 4 2 2 0 0 2017 Runners Up 2/8 9 6 3 0 0 2022 Group Stage 5/8 7 3 4 0 0 2025 Champions 1/8 9 5 3 0 1 Total 1 title 11/13 79 42 34 1 2 Source:
T20 World Cup
Year Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2009 Semi Finals 4 2 2 0 0 2010 Semi Finals 4 2 2 0 0 2012 Group Stage 4 1 3 0 0 2014 Group Stage 5 3 2 0 0 2016 Group Stage 4 1 3 0 0 2018 Semi Finals 5 4 1 0 0 2020 Runners Up 6 4 1 0 1 2023 Semi Finals 5 3 2 0 0 2024 Group Stage 4 2 2 0 0 2026 Group Stage 5 3 2 0 0 Total 0 titles 41 22 18 0 1 Source:
Olympic Games
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2028 Total
Champions Trophy
Year Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2027 Total
ICC Women's Championship YearRoundPositionGPWLDNR2014-16Group stage 5/821911012017-20Group stage 4/821108032022-25Group stage 2/102418600Total3/30 titles66372504
Commonwealth Games
Year RoundPosition Played Won Lost Tie NR 2022Silver 2/8 5 3 2 0 0 Total 0 Title1/1 5 3 2 0 0
Asian Games
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2010Did not participate 2014Did not participate 2022 Gold 1/9 3 2 0 0 1 2026 Gold 1/8 3 3 0 0 0 Total 2 Titles 2/2 6 5 0 0 1
Asia Cup
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2004 Champions 1/2 5 5 0 0 0 Champions 1/3 5 5 0 0 0 2006 Champions 1/3 5 5 0 0 0 2008 Champions 1/4 7 7 0 0 0 2012 Champions 1/8 4 4 0 0 0 2016 Champions 1/6 6 6 0 0 0 2018 Runners Up 2/6 6 4 2 0 0 2022 Champions 1/7 8 7 1 0 0 2024 Runners Up 2/8 5 4 1 0 0 2026 Champions 1/8 5 5 0 0 0 Total 8 titles 10/10 56 52 4 0 0
South Asian Games
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR 2016Did not participate 2019Did not participate 2027TBA Total 0 Titles 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
Honours + India women's national cricket team honours Type Competition Titles Seasons ICC Championships Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Champions (1): 2025Runners-up (2): 2005, 2017 Women's T20 World Cup – Runners-up (1): 2020 ACC (Continental) Women's Asia Cup 8 Champions (8): 2004, 2005–06, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2026Runners-up (2): 2018, 2024 Multi-sport Asian Games 2 Gold medal (2): 2022, 2026 Commonwealth Games – Silver medal (1): 2022
Statistics
Won more matches than lostAll matches drawnWon equal matches to lostLost more matches than won
Test cricket OpponentMWLDWin%Loss%Draw%FirstLast 12 1 5 6 8.33 41.66 50.00 1977 2026 16 4 1 11 25.00 6.25 68.75 1986 2026 6 0 0 6 0.00 0.00 100.00 1977 2003 3 3 0 0 100.00 0.00 0.00 2002 2024 6 1 1 4 16.66 16.66 66.66 1976 1976Total 43 9 7 27 20.93 16.28 62.79 1976 2026
Most Test runs for India PlayerRunsAverageSandhya Agarwal 1,110 50.45Smriti Mandhana 788 52.53Shanta Rangaswamy 750 32.60Shubhangi Kulkarni 700 23.33Mithali Raj 699 43.68Shafali Verma 640 49.23Gargi Banerji 614 27.90Sudha Shah 601 18.78Anjum Chopra 548 30.44Hemlata Kala 503 50.30
Most Test wickets for India PlayerWicketsAverageDiana Edulji 63 25.77Shubhangi Kulkarni 60 27.45Jhulan Goswami 44 17.36Neetu David 41 18.90Sneh Rana 30 20.96Deepti Sharma25 19.00Shashi Gupta 31.28Shanta Rangaswamy 21 31.61Sharmila Chakraborty 19 22.10Purnima Rau 15 21.26
Players in bold text are still active with India.
Highest team total: 603/6d v South Africa, 29 June 2024 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Highest individual score: 214, Mithali Raj v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu David v England, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India