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Harmanpreet played the Women's Big Bash League right after the World T20 in November. (Photo: File)

Harmanpreet Kaur wanted to take a break from international cricket

Harmanpreet said the negative talk around the team after the World T20 affected her mindset adversely.

24 May 2019 7:45 PM

India will play against New Zealand and Bangladesh on May 25 and 28, respectively, in the warm-up games before opening its World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5. (Photo: PTI)

'India has a lot of match-winners for ICC World Cup 2019', says Mithali Raj

When Andrew Fleming asked her which players she will be watching out for, Mithali said that she can't pick any one player.

22 May 2019 3:29 PM

The women’s cricket generate either very less or no publicity at all. (Photo: BCCI)

Women's IPL to kick-off today as tickets will be sold at no-cost

The Women’s T20 tournament, which is scheduled to start today, had financial backing by big sponsers like PayTM and Hotstar.

06 May 2019 4:58 PM

Veda Krishnamurthy, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.

Wo(w) men power

A first-of-its-kind mixed gender game will be held after the World Cup to break gender stereotypes in cricket.

01 May 2019 2:26 AM

All the four matches may very well get telecasted and the BCCI is set to finalise the timings of the matches after consultation with the host broadcasters. (Photo: PTI)

Mithali, Harmanpreet and Mandhana to lead in Women's T20 exhibition matches in Jaipur

These exhibition matches are an attempt by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to test the popularity of women's T20 in the country.

23 Apr 2019 11:12 AM

What hurt the Women in Blue most was the absence of power-hitting skipper Harmanpreet. (Photo: PTI)

Indian women seek consolable win against England in final T20

After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead against England.

08 Mar 2019 4:16 PM

The third and final match of the series is to be played here on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Womens T20: England defeats India, takes unassailable 2-0 lead

Chasing a target of 112, England managed to reach the target with five balls to spare.

07 Mar 2019 2:16 PM

India lost all their T20s in New Zealand after winning the ODI series and things seems to be heading in a similar direction against England. (Photo: PTI)

India desperate to end consecutive five-match defeats

India suffered a crushing 41-run loss to England in the first T20 of the three-match series here on Sunday.

06 Mar 2019 1:40 PM

The loss showed the W V Raman-coached side has a lot of work to do before the T20 World Cup in Australia early next year. (Photo: File)

Indian women registers fifth consecutive T20 defeats

India struggled to 119 for six after Tammy Beaumont and skipper Heather Knight steered England to 160 for four in 20 overs.

04 Mar 2019 4:24 PM

The latest rankings update also takes into account performances of another ICC Women's Championship series in which defending champions Australia scored a facile 3-0 win over New Zealand to move closer to a direct berth as they are now at the top with 22 points from 12 matches. (Photo: File)

Goswami becomes number one ODI bowler

The 36-year-old Goswami held the top spot in February 2017.

04 Mar 2019 3:18 PM

Harleen Deol carries Jemimah Rodrigues as Poonam Yadav looks on during a training session ahead of the third ODI against England in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India eye clean sweep

India seem to have found the winning momentum under new coach W.V. Raman as they ticked most boxes in the last two games.

28 Feb 2019 3:02 AM

Time for some ‘maiden’ power

A women’s IPL with world class teams and players might just be the way forward for the ladies in cricket to shine.

25 Feb 2019 12:00 AM

Mithali Raj cuts a cake to celebrate her 200th ODI. (Photo: Twitter)

200 is just a number, says Mithali Raj on world record

India captain Mithali Raj on Friday became the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs, adding another achievement to her illustrious career.

02 Feb 2019 7:02 AM

Interestingly, Indian women have played a total of 263 ODIs in their history and Mithali has been a part of 200 of them. (Photo: AP)

Mithali Raj creates history, becomes first woman cricketer to play 200 ODIs

Mithali, who made her ODI debut in June 1999, is serving the game for 19 years and 219 days, now.

01 Feb 2019 9:44 AM

Smriti Mandhana stars as India seal series

Smriti, Mithali score fifties as India beat NZ in 2nd ODI.

30 Jan 2019 1:34 AM

Sports biopics of 2019

Shraddha took to social media to sharing the first look of the film, wearing her badminton attire and captioned it #SAINA.

17 Jan 2019 6:25 AM

Mithali Raj attends selection meeting

Both captains may have been invited at the insistence of Vinod Rai, the CoA chief.

22 Dec 2018 12:48 AM

Discussing the improvement in the team under Powar, Harmanpreet said: "Our team has gone under positive changes in the past few months and has set a benchmark in the world top teams." (Photo: PTI)

Harmanpreet, Mandhana tell BCCI to keep Ramesh Powar after Mithali Raj row

Earlier on November 27, Mithali, in a letter to the BCCI, had accused Powar and CoA member Diana Edulji of discrimination.

04 Dec 2018 2:15 PM

Why do we mess around with our sports stars?

At the recently concluded Times Litfest in Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly, one of the speakers, was asked about the Mithali Raj fiasco.

01 Dec 2018 1:14 AM

They Dare to differ

Sportswomen are displaying guts in taking on selectors and officials if injustice is done to them in selection.

01 Dec 2018 12:05 AM

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