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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced the squads for the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge. Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have been named as the captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity, respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge to be played from May 23-28 at Pune's MCA stadium.
Former chairman of the Committee of Administrators of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vinod Rai has spoken about his regret over the state of affairs of women's cricket in India in a recent interview with The Week. Mr Rai has been in the news off late due to his book "Not just a Nightwatchman", in which he has written about his tenure and his stint with cricket administration.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position in the ICC Women ODI batting rankings issued on Tuesday. After her below-par outing in the just-concluded Women's World Cup, Mithali dropped a rung in the chart with 686 rating points. The veteran India captain accumulated 182 runs from seven games at an average of 26. In comparison, Mandhana (669 points) scored 327 runs from seven games with a best of 123, averaging 46.71 in the showpiece.
India skipper Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position in the ICC Women ODI batters rankings issued on Tuesday. After her below-par outing in the just-concluded Women's World Cup, Mithali dropped a rung in the chart with 686 rating points. The veteran India captain accumulated 182 runs from seven games at an average of 26. In comparison, Mandhana (669 points) scored 327 runs from seven games with a best of 123, averaging 46.71 in the showpiece.
Smriti Mandhana's knack of taking responsibility while being consistent makes her the ideal candidate to replace the veteran Mithali Raj at the helm, former captain Shantha Rangaswamy said on Sunday after India's elimination in the group stage in the ODI Women's World Cup. The Mithali Raj-led side, who were the last edition's runners-up, lost to South Africa by three wickets to make a premature exit from the showpiece, capping an inconsistent show.
India are currently facing South Africa in a must-win game in the ICC Women's World Cup on Sunday. Mithali Raj and co need to win this game to seal a semi-final spot while a loss will see them being knocked out. Batting first, Shafali Verma, Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana scored half-centuries to help India to post 274/7 in the allotted 50 overs. Defending the total will require Team India to be at their best and this is what Harmanpreet Kaur did to get the better of Lizelle Lee.
The Mithali Raj-led Team India returned to winning ways in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup on Tuesday as the side thrashed Bangladesh by 110 runs at Seddon Park, Hamilton. With this win, India have maintained their hopes of making it to the semi-finals and now the team just needs to win its final group match against South Africa on Sunday. If the Proteas are defeated by India, a last-four spot will be sealed for the 2017 World Cup finalists.
Women's World Cup league match here on Tuesday. India's problems have compounded over the course of their campaign, which has seen them win two games and lose three, including back-to-back defeats against England and Australia. The heavy fluctuations in the batting performance was already a concern and with the ease Australia chased down a record 278 in the previous game, the Indian bowlers also need to step up.