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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 | |||||||||
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 ![]() | |||||||||
Last WTest | v ![]() | |||||||||
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Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
First WODI | v ![]() | |||||||||
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Women's World Cup appearances | 10 (first in 1978) | |||||||||
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Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
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As of 1 July 2024 |
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.
The team played its first international match on 31 October 1976 in a Test against the West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. In women's limited-overs cricket, India made its WODI and WT20I debuts against England in 1978 and 2006 respectively.
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. 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).
They have won the Asia Cup a record 7 times; winning all editions of the competition between 2004 and 2022, except for the 2018 edition where they finished as runners-up. Other achievements include winning the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, and the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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