New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced India’s women’s squads for the upcoming tour of Australia, with spinner Shreyanka Patil making her return to the T20I side after a long injury layoff. The multi-format tour will include three T20 matches, three One-Day Internationals, and a one-off Test starting on February 15. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India in both the ODI and T20I formats, with Smriti Mandhana continuing as vice-captain, while…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front with a commanding 68 off 43 balls, while India’s bowlers delivered a disciplined collective effort to seal a 5–0 whitewash over Sri Lanka in the five-match T20I series, as the hosts capped off a memorable 2025 season with another emphatic win at home.The clean sweep also marked India Women’s third 5–0 victory in a bilateral T20I series, following similar results against West Indies in 2019 and Bangladesh in 202…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front and scored a brilliant 68 off 43 deliveries as India Women, helped by a late blitz from Arundhati Reddy (27 off 11 balls), managed to post 175/7 in 20 overs against Sri Lanka in the fifth and final T20I match of the series at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.Struggling at 77 for 5, skipper Kaur added 61 runs in 38 deliveries with Amanjot Kaur (21) to help India reach a respectable t…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28 (IANS) Vaishnavi Sharma and Arundhati Reddy picked up two wickets each as India Women overcame a spirited challenge from Sri Lanka Women to win the fourth T20I by 30 runs at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.Chasing 222, after Smriti Mandhana’s 80 and Shafali Verma’s 79 took India to 221/3 in their 20 overs, Sri Lanka mounted a spirited effort by racing to fifty in just 3.3 overs, and captain Chamari Athapaththu top-scoring with 5…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 26 (IANS) The in-form opener Shafali Verma smashed an unbeaten 79 off 42 balls to power India Women to an eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Women in the third T20I of the five-match series and secure an unassailable 3-0 series lead at the Greenfield International Stadium on Friday.After Renuka Singh Thakur’s 4-21 and Deepti Sharma’s 3-18 restricted Sri Lanka to 112/7, Shafali tore apart the bowling attack with a splendid display of strokeplay — smashing 11 fours and th…
Visakhapatnam, Dec 23 (IANS) Opener Shafali Verma delivered an impressive unbeaten 69 as India Women tasted a strong seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Women, finishing the match with 49 balls remaining at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. India’s bowlers, especially Shree Charani, set a solid foundation before Shafali completed the chase in style.Choosing to bowl first, India struck quickly and kept Sri Lanka from gaining…
Visakhapatnam, Dec 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka Women skipper Chamari Athapaththu lamented about the batting woes of the visitors despite a good batting surface as they suffered their second straight loss in the five-match series against hosts India at Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium.Opener Shafali Verma delivered an impressive unbeaten 69 as India Women defeated Sri Lanka by a seven-wicket victory, finishing the match with 49 balls remaining to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I…