India women's national cricket team
The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, 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 International Cricket Council (ICC) with Women's Test cricket, Women's One Day International (WODI), and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.
| Nickname(s) | Women in Blue | |||||||||
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| Association | Board of Control for Cricket in India | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Harmanpreet Kaur | |||||||||
| Coach | Amol Muzumdar | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1976 | |||||||||
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| 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 Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai; 21–24 December 2023 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai; 2 January 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup appearances | 10 (first in 1978) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2005, 2017) | |||||||||
| Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2017) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v Australia at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai; 9 January 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runner-up (2020) | |||||||||
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| As of 9 January 2024 | ||||||||||
India made its Test debut in 1976, against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup against England and also made its T20I debut in 2006, against England.
The team has made the ODI World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. India has made the semi-finals on three other occasions, in 1997, 2000, and 2009. India has also reached the finals of the T20I World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. India qualified for the semi-finals on four occasions (2009, 2010, 2018 and 2023).
India has won all the editions of Women's Asia Cup, except the 2018 edition.
India won a silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. India also won a gold medal in 2022 Asian Games.