‘Women In Blue’-Indian Women’s National Cricket Team |Our Unsung Heroes!

The India women’s national cricket team also known as Women in Blue represents the  India in international women’s cricket. There are many people who don’t even know if such a team exists.The matches for Men’s Cricket take over everyone’s mind because of media and other promotional events. But the scenario for women cricket is completely different. People don’t even know about the players.

Indian Women Cricket Team make us proud by winning by 95 runs from Pakistan:

Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht came to the fore with a stellar show as India crushed Pakistan by 95 runs in a low-scoring encounter to record their third successive victory in the ICC Women’s World Cup on Sunday. The women’s team battled their opponents in Derby, England.

Let us know our ‘ Women in Blue’.

India made its Test debut in 1976, against the West Indies, and its One Day International (ODI) debut at the 1978 World Cup, which it hosted. The team made the final of the 2005 World Cup, losing to Australia by 98 runs, and has made the semi-finals on three other occasions (in 19972000, and 2009). India has also made the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 on two occasions (2009 and 2010

Board of control for cricket in India is the governing body for  Women’s Cricket.

The Captain: Mithali Raj

The second highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and only the second female cricketer to surpass the 5,500 run mark.She is the first player to score 7 consecutive 50s in ODIs. The  35-year-old girl is from Jodhpur Rajasthan.

    • Ekta Bisht

      Age: 30 years 330 days                 Playing role: Bowler          Batting: Left-hand bat          Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

    • Rajeshwari Gayakwad

      Age: 25 years 216 days            Playing role: Bowler           Batting: Right-hand bat

       Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
    • Mansi Joshi

      Age: 23 years 138 days             Batting: Right-hand bat                        Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

 

  • Harmanpreet Kaur

    Age: 27 years 301 days             Playing role: Allrounder                Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off break

  • Veda Krishnamurthy

    Age: 24 years 79 days               Playing role: Middle-order batsman

     Bowling: Legbreak
  • Mona Meshram

    Age: 25 years 95 days             Batting: Right-hand bat          Bowling: Right-arm medium

  • Shikha Pandey

    Age: 27 years 236 days              Batting: Right-hand bat            Bowling: Right-arm medium

  • Poonam Yadav

    Age: 25 years 132 days                Batting: Right-hand bat              Bowling: Legbreak googly

  • Deepti Sharma

    Age: 19 years 132 days                Batting: Left-hand bat                  Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

  • Devika Vaidya

    Age: 19 years 143 days                Batting: Left-hand bat                    Bowling: Legbreak googly

  • Sushma VermaWicketkeeper

    Age: 24 years 61 days                                 Batting: Right-hand bat

  • Soni Yadav

    Age: 22 years 284 days               Batting: Right-hand bat                              Bowling: Right-arm medium

  • Jhulan GoswamiWithdrawn Player

    Age: 34 years 39 days             Batting: Right-hand bat                  Bowling: Right-arm medium

  • Smriti MandhanaWithdrawn Player

    Age: 20 years 169 days       Playing role: Opening batsman               Batting: Left-hand  Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

  • Sukanya ParidaWithdrawn Player

    Age: 23 years 233 days        Batting: Right-hand bat                   Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

 

 

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