Charismatic India cricketer Smriti Mandhana said on Wednesday her record-breaking onslaught on the Irish bowlers was planned but despite her team’s clean sweep, there is still lot of scope for improvement in both fielding and running between wickets. The India skipper was at the forefront of several records being smashed as the host won by … Read more
India put up its highest total in women’s ODIs during the second 50-over game against Ireland at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Sunday. Batting first, India put up 370/5 in its 50 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues was the innings’ top scorer with 102 from 91 deliveries. Rodrigues put on 183 for the fourth wicket … Read more
Young spinner Shreyanka Patil has been nominated for the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award, following an excellent year in international cricket. Patil is joined by South Africa’s Annerie Dercksen, Scotland’s Saskia Horley, and Ireland’s Freya Sargent on the list of nominees. The 22-year-old off-spinner from Karnataka made history as the first Indian … Read more
Questions remain over Harmanpreet Kaur’s fitness as India gears up to face the West Indies in the second T20I at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday and take an unassailable lead in the three-match series. While the Women in Blue registered a comfortable 49-run win in the series opener, captain Harmanpreet was off the field … Read more
A home ODI World Cup beckons in under a year and the Indian team looks like a jigsaw puzzle with the parts all mismatched if the 3-0 humbling by Australia is anything to go by. Frequent experimentation, persistently ordinary fielding standards and a batting order that has looked disjointed continue to plague the Harmanpreet … Read more