Anuja Patil

Off-spinner Anuja Patil was named captain of the India A women's team which will play two warm-up matches against the visiting Australian side next week.

Anuja Patil and Jemimah Rodrigues smashed unbeaten half centuries, taking India women to a series-sealing win over hosts Sri Lanka in a rain affected fourth T20 International on Monday.

Mumbai teenager Jemima Rodrigues, who recently hit a double hundred in BCCI U-19 women's meet has been drafted into India A team's limited overs home series against Bangladesh.

Middle-order batter Veda Krishnamurthy will lead a 15-member India 'A' women's team during next month's tour of Australia.

Supernovas skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat against Trailblazers in a must-win game at the Women's T20 Challenge here on Saturday.

The Australian women's team defeated India A by seven wickets on Thursday to clinch the second warm up game.

The Indian women’s team, led by a solid all-round performance from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, defeated Pakistan by five wickets in their third match of the Asia Cup held in Bangkok. This was India’s third win in a row and kept them at the top of the points table.

The Australian women's team warmed up in style as they thrashed India A by 321 runs in the first of the two practice games held on Tuesday.

Harmanpreet Kaur was on Saturday named the new captain of the Indian women's T20 team replacing veteran Mithali Raj, who has retained her ODI captaincy. Mithali is however a part of the T20 squad led by Harmanpreet.

The Indian women's cricket team completed a 5-0 series whitewash over the West Indies after half centuries from Veda Krishnamurthy and Jemimah Rodrigues, complemented by the bowlers' clinical show, steered the side to a 61-run triumph in the fifth and final T20 International.

Tamil Nadu's D Hemalatha was on Sunday named in the 14-member India A women's squad for the two warm-up matches against Australia eves to be held at the held at BKC in Mumbai on March 6 and 8.

Ahead of their three-match ODI rubber against hosts India, the Australian women's outfit would look to get a feel of the conditions when they take on Indian women's A team in a 50-over game on Tuesday.

India women can't afford to take South Africa women lightly despite their recent domination over the visitors in twenty20 internationals when the two sides face off in the first game of the five-match T20I series on Tuesday.

Sent into bat, Velocity suffered a batting collapse as they were reduced to 37 for 5 in the eighth over before Amelia Kerr (36) and Sushma Verma (40 not out) stitched 71 runs in 10.5 overs for the sixth wicket to take their side to a respectable total.

Star all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur was on Tuesday named captain of the Indian women's cricket team for the five-match T20 series against South Africa, starting February 13 in Potchefstroom.

Set a challenging target of 187, India promoted youngster Jemimah Rodrigues to open the innings with the in-form Smriti Mandhana, but the strategy did not succeed.

Smriti Mandhana and experienced Harmanpreet Kaur shone with the bat as India A defeated Australia A by four wickets in the lung-opener of the three match T20 series on Monday.

India opener Smriti Mandhana has jumped three places to reach a career-best third position in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player rankings released on Sunday.

The news of Kolhapur lass Anuja Patil's selection in the Indian team for the ICC Women's World T20 tournament reaffirmed her family's faith in relentless hard work, grit and determination.