Shafali Verma continued her steady rise in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, climbing closer to the top five.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her team is going through a tough phase but stressed the need to stick together and bounce back after suffering their second successive defeat to South Africa.

South Africa outclassed India by six wickets in the opening Women's T20I, riding on a clinical all-round effort to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

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.