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| Nickname(s) | Women in Blue | |||||||||
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| Association | Board of Control for Cricket in India | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Harmanpreet Kaur | |||||||||
| Coach | Amol Muzumdar | |||||||||
| Batting coach | Amol Muzumdar | |||||||||
| Bowling coach | Aavishkar Salvi | |||||||||
| Fielding coach | Munish Bali | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1976 | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Full member (1926) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| First WTest | v  West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976 | |||||||||
| Last WTest | v  South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; 28 June–1 July 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad; 29 October 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup appearances | 10 (first in 1978) | |||||||||
| Best result |  Runners-up(2005, 2017) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v  Australia at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah; 13 October 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2020) | |||||||||
| Official website | bcci | |||||||||
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| As of 29 October 2024 | ||||||||||
The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, represents India in women's international cricket.[8] It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Women's Test, Women's One Day International, and Women's Twenty20 International status.
The team has played 41 Test matches, winning 8, losing 6, 27 draw and 0 tie. They played their first international match on 31 October 1976 in a Test against the West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The team has played 313 ODI matches, winning 170, losing 137, tying 2 and with 4 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked fourth in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 104 rating points. India has reached the Cricket World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. They have won the ODI Asia Cup 4 times in 2004, 2005-06, 2006, 2008.
The team has played 196 T20I matches, winning 106, losing 83, tying 1 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked third in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 263 rating points. India has reached the finals of the T20 World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. They have won the T20I Asia Cup 3 times in 2012, 2016, 2022. In addition, they have won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, and a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women's Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women in Blue's journey through the T20 Women's World Cup". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2020.