India women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Wednesday said last year's ODI World Cup crown at home gave the side much-needed confidence and self belief to win more titles.

Swashbuckling India batter Smriti Mandhana retained her second spot, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved up to 14th in the latest ICC women's T20I rankings for batters released on Tuesday.

The success of Harmanpreet Kaur's World Cup-winning Indian women's cricket team continues to inspire athletes, with Indian hockey forward Navneet Kaur drawing motivation as she sets her sights on global glory.

India Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, and all-format women's leader Harmanpreet Kaur took part in a rapid-fire session at the BCCI Naman Awards 2026 on Sunday.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said lifting the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup had fulfilled a dream that had driven every woman who had ever played cricket for the country and meant a lot to her team.

A new large-scale study commissioned by the BBC and Collective Newsroom suggests that women's participation in cricket has doubled across the 14 Indian states surveyed since 2020.

Swashbuckling Indian batter Smriti Mandhana retained the top spot in the latest women's ODI batting ranking released here on Tuesday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will host its annual awards ceremony on March 15 in New Delhi, where five Indian teams that won ICC trophies over the past year will be honoured.

Alyssa Healy hung up her boots from all forms of cricket after leading Australia women to a 10-wicket victory over India in the one-off Test match held at the WACA Stadium in Perth.

Hammered in the ODIs, the Indian women's cricket team would expect the senior players to step up with inspiring performances when it faces Australia in a day-night Test for the first time in nearly five years.