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The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, [8] represents India in women's 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 (ICC) with Women's Test, Women's One Day International (WODI), and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana ( / smrɪ.tiː ˈmɑːn.dən.ɑː / smri-tee MAHN-dən-ah; [ 1] born 18 July 1996) is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). [ 2][ 3][ 4] In domestic cricket, she represents the Maharashtra cricket team. [ 4]
A women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is a 20 overs -per-side cricket match played in a maximum of 150 minutes between two ICC member sides, and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. [1] The first such match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand. [2] The India women's national cricket team played its first WT20I ...
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
Raja Rammohan Roy's efforts led to the abolition of Sati under Governor-General William Cavendish-Bentinck in 1829. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's crusade for improvement in the situation of widows led to the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Many women reformers such as Pandita Ramabai also helped the cause of women.
Fane remarks, in her article published in 1975, that it is the underlying Hindu beliefs of "women are honored, considered most capable of responsibility, strong" that made Indira Gandhi culturally acceptable as the prime minister of India, [148] yet the country has in the recent centuries witnessed the development of diverse ideologies, both ...
The women's variant of the game is similar to the men's version, with minor modifications to umpiring and pitch requirements. [1] The first women's ODI was played in 1973, between England and Australia. [2] The Indian women's team played their first ever ODI match in 1978, against England, [3] after the Women's Cricket Association of India was ...
Harmanpreet Kaur ( / ˈhɑːr.mən.priːt ˈkɔːr / HAHR-mən-preet KOR; [ 1] born 8 March 1989) is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national cricket team in all formats. [ 2] She plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team; [ 3][ 4][ 5 ...