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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 | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Full member (1926) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| First WTest | v  West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976 | |||||||||
| Last WTest | v  South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; 28 June–1 July 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v South Africa at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 23 June 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup appearances | 10 (first in 1978) | |||||||||
| Best result |  Runners-up (2005, 2017) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v  Bangladesh at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet; 9 May 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runner-up (2020) | |||||||||
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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.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women's Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women in Blue's journey through the T20 Women's World Cup". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2020.