India national women's cricket team

Infobox women's national cricket team
country_name = India


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current_captain = Mithali Raj
first_match = 31 October 1976 v West Indies at Bangalore, India
wc_apps = 6 | wc_first = 1978
wc_best = Runners up, 2005
test_matches = 34
test_win_loss_record = 3/6
odi_matches = 151
odi_win_loss_record = 80/67
asofdate = 5 March 2007

The Indian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1976/7, when they drew with the West Indies in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia. Later in 2005 they won their second Women's Asia Cup, played in Pakistan. That tournament featured the first ever match between the Indian and Pakistani women's teams.

They toured England in 2006, winning the Test series 1-0, winning the Twenty20 international, but losing the ODI series 4-0.

The captain of the team is Mithali Raj.

Tournament History

=World Cup=

*1973: did not participate
*1978: 4th place
*1982: 4th place
*1988: did not participate
*1993: 4th place
*1997: Semi Finals
*2000: Semi Finals
*2005: Runners up

=Asia Cup=

*2004: Winners
*2005: Winners
*2006: Winners
*2008: Winners

Records

Test cricket

*Highest team total: 467 v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
*Highest individual score: 214, Mithali Raj v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
*Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu David v England, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India
*Best match bowling: 10/78, Jhulan Goswami v England, 29 August 2006 at County Ground, Taunton, England

ODI cricket

*Highest team total: 298/2 v West Indies, 26 February 2004 at Jamadoba, India
*Highest individual score: 138 not out, Jaya Sharma v Pakistan, 30 December 2005 at National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
*Best innings bowling: 6/10, Mamatha Maben v Sri Lanka, 25 April 2004 at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka

ee also

*Indian men's cricket team
*Indian national cricket captains