India women's national cricket team

Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women's Cricket World Cup game in Sydney

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first documented instance of cricket being played is in 1721.[10] The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877.[11] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[12] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[13] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[14] However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[15] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[16] India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1978 against West Indies under Shantha Rangaswamy's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna.[17][18]

Indian Batswoman at Cricket World Cup 2010

Mithali Raj, Captain of India Women's cricket team

As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006.[19]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006–2010 for US$612,000,000.[20] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's.[23] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019.[24] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[25] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005,[26] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[27] and 2016[28] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020[29] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020.[30][31][32]

On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the Expression of Interest process for Official Partners’ Rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. have acquired the Official Partners' Rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019-23.[33]

Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015[34] and extended the same in 2019[35] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.

Fourteen grounds in India have hosted women's international Test cricket matches. The first women's international Test cricket match hosted in India was held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on 31 October 1976.

Six grounds in India have hosted women's T20I matches. The first women's T20I match hosted in India was held at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in Mumbai on 4 March 2010.

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:

Bilateral series and tours
Date	Against	H/A/N	Results [Matches]
			Test	WODI	WT20I
January–February 2019	New Zealand	Away	–	2-1 [3]	0-3 [3]
February–March 2019	England	Home	–	2-1 [3]	0-3 [3]
September 2019	South Africa	Home	–	3-0 [3]	3-1 [6]
November 2019	West Indies	Away	–	2-1 [3]	[5]

Multiteam series and tournaments
Date	Series	Format	Position	Results [Matches]
November 2018	2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20	WT20I	Semi-finalist	4-1 [5]
January–February 2020	2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series	WT20I	Runner-Up	2-3[5]
February–March 2020	2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup	WT20I	Runner-Up	4-1[6]

This lists all the players who have played for India in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played. Correct as of 17 November 2020. In January 2020, BCCI published a new contract list which will be valid from October 2019 till September 2020.[36]

Key

The BCCI awarded contracts to women cricketers for the first time in the 2015-16 fiscal year.[37] Contracts are pay graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:

• Grade A – ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) per annum
• Grade B – ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) per annum
• Grade C – ₹10 lakh (US$14,000) per annum[38][39]

• Director of Cricket-Rajani Venugopal
• Head Coach- W.V. Raman
• Assistant Head Coach-Neetu David
• Batting Coach-Pramila Bhatt
• Batting Consultant-Mithali Raj
• Fast Bowling Coach-Amita Sharma
• Spin Bowling Coach-Nooshin Al Khadeer
• Bowling Consultant-Jhulan Goswami
• Youth Development Coach-Mamatha Maben
• Fielding Coach-Rita Dey
• Wicket Keeping Coach-Anju Jain
• Physiotherapist-Tracy Fernandes
• Fitness Trainer-Neelima Batav
• Analyst-Aarti Nalge

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