The Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction for the inaugural season took place at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai where a total of 448 cricketers went under the hammer. The five franchises – Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and UP Warriorz (UPW) …
Read More »ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup- India crowned the first-ever champions
Shafali Verma led India team lifted the 1st ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup after their seven-wicket comprehensive victory against England in Potchefstroom. The Indian captain Shafali Verma won the toss and elected to bowl against England in the final of ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup. Titas Sadhu struck with the …
Read More »WPL 2023- BCCI announced five team owners for the inaugural season of Women’s Premier League
Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Lucknow are the five city franchises in the Women’s Premier League. In a landmark moment for Women’s Cricket in India, the BCCI has confirmed the owners and locations of the five franchises for the 2023 Women’s Premier League. The five cities which will host teams …
Read More »BCCI announces equal pay for for all centrally contracted men and women Indian cricketers
The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI), in a historic move, ended the pay disparity between its men and women players. From now onward, there will be equal match fees for all centrally contracted men and women Team India cricketers. BCCI has taken this decision to end gender disparity and …
Read More »Jhulan Goswami drops curtain on her career after scripting her own narrative on women’s cricket
Jhulan Goswami retired from all formats of Cricket after a stellar 20-years of international career. Goswami finished with 255 ODI wickets and 355 wickets in total. “With her retirement, it would be the end of an era in world cricket. The impact she has had in women’s cricket at the …
Read More »Harmanpreet Kaur’s smashing 143* leads India to ODI series victory in England after 23 years
Indian women set a record total of 333/5 in 50 over; their second highest score in One Day International format. Harmanpreet Kaur scored her 5th ODI century while Smriti Mandhana completed 3000 ODI runs. Harmanpreet Kaur left England bowlers clueless as she smashed 43 off the last 11 deliveries to …
Read More »Women’s Cricket World Cup- Australia win for a record seventh time after Healy’s heroics
Australia, led by a brilliant 170 from Alyssa Healy, were crowned the champions of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 after beating a valiant England by 71 runs. Alyssa Healy’s sensational 170 had helped Australia to pile a huge score of 356/5 in 50 overs. Healy’s 170, off just 138 deliveries, …
Read More »Women’s Cricket World Cup: How India can qualify for the semifinals
With two spots still up for grabs in the top four, there is a bit of permutation and combination for India to seal a berth for the semis in Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. India will face South Africa in their final league match of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 …
Read More »Jhulan Goswami becomes the highest wicket taker in Women’s Cricket World Cup
Veteran Indian speedstar, Jhulan Goswami, has now 40 wickets in World Cup, a feat that she achieved in India women’s team’s clash against West Indies in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. Jhulan Goswami dismissed West Indies batter Anisa Mohammed in the 36th over of the match against West …
Read More »Women’s Cricket World Cup: A rich history that goes back two years before the start of Men’s World Cup
The inaugural edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup was held at a variety of venues across England in June and July 1973, two years before the first Men’s Cricket World Cup was played. The 12th edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will be played from March 4 …
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