The India women's team, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games and gold at the Asian Games in 2022, are third in the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 and one-day rankings, trailing only Australia and England.

They had declined to enter any teams on the two previous occasions cricket had been played at the multi-sport event, at Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014

During the ODI series-decider between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur yesterday that ended in a dramatic draw, the pressure of a high-stakes encounter had apparently got the better of Harmanpreet Kaur.

According to Joty, the series has given Bangladesh women's cricket a respectful a step forward. The skipper said that the players were able to grab the spotlight – the spotlight that was never on them before.

Bangladesh restricted India to 95 for eight in 20 overs – India’s lowest score against the women in red and green – in the second T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

Smriti Mandhana (38) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (54 not out) stitched a 70-run third wicket partnership after an early hiccup as India cruised past Bangladesh’s meagre total of 114 with 22 balls to spare

The ODI series, which will start from July 16 after the completion of the T20I series, is part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship -- contested by ten teams to determine qualification for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup

India's international women cricketers will be paid the same match fee as the men, its cricket board said Thursday, hailing a "new era of gender equality" in the nation's favourite sport.

Australia made an amazing turnaround to win the final of the Commonwealth Games by nine runs to take home the gold medal.

Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj announced her retirement from international cricket this Wednesday, drawing curtains on an illustrious career of 23 years during which she established herself as the country's greatest female batter. Many cricketers around the globe look up to Mithali's career and Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty is no different. 

India women beat Bangladesh by 72 runs in the opening game of ICC Women’s World T20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.