Test cricket

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 is the longest form of cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

. The women's variant

Women's Test cricket

Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations...

 of the game includes four innings to be completed over four days of play with eleven players in each side. The first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934. However, India did not play Test cricket until 1973 when the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies. The Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India

Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...

 in 2006 as part of the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

's initiative to develop women's cricket.

India have played 34 Tests, starting with their first Test in 1976 and including their most recent one in 2006. They first won a Test in Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

 (1976), in front of over 25,000 spectators, against the West Indies but did not win again until 2002, when they won against South Africa. The team is selected by a panel of former cricketers who have played at least 25 games at the first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 level or above. The panel is made up of five members, the chairperson and four other members, one member from each of the five zonal divisions in domestic cricket. More than 20% of India's women Test cricketers represent Mumbai

Mumbai Cricket Association

The Mumbai cricket Association or MCA is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and its surrounding regions like Thane and Navi Mumbai. The association comes under west zone .The Association was established in 1930 and has a sound ConstitutionThe Mumbai cricket team is the team for The Mumbai...

 (formerly Bombay) in the domestic league.

Two of India's players, Diana Edulji

Diana Edulji

Diana Fram Edulji is a former Indian women's Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, before...

 and Sudha Shah

Sudha Shah

Sudha Shah is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Tamil Nadu and South Zone in India's domestic competitions. She played a total of 21 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals.-References:...

, have featured in more than 20 Test matches. Eight other players have played in more than ten Test matches. Sandhya Agarwal

Sandhya Agarwal

Sandhya Agarwal is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore.She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centuries...

 is India's all time leading run scorer, and is ranked sixth among players from all countries. Among the top ten run scorers of all time, she has the fourth-highest average

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

. Sandhya Agarwal and Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India women's cricket team. She was the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs without getting out in that match...

, with scores of 190 and 214 respectively, were record holders for the most runs scored in an innings. Former captains Diana Edulji and Shubhangi Kulkarni

Shubhangi Kulkarni

Shubhangi Kulkarni is a former Indian women cricketer. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India when WCAI was merged into BCCI in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batswomen...

 are third and sixth in terms of most wickets taken in a career while Neetu David

Neetu David

Neetu David is a left-arm spinner who plays for the India national women's cricket team.David is India's third highest wicket taker in Tests and their leading wicket-taker in One Day Internationals...

 has the best bowling figures in an innings, having taken 8 wickets, conceding 53 runs in England's second innings in the hundredth women's Test.

Since the team was formed, 71 women have represented India in Test cricket. This list includes all players who have played at least one Test match and is arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first Test cap

Cap (sport)

In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...

 in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by last name at the time of debut.

Key

General ♠ – Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... ♦ – Wicket-keeper Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... First – Year of debut Last – Year of latest game Mat – Number of matches played Win% – Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...

Batting Batting (cricket) In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke... Inn – Number of innings Innings An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...  batted NO – Number of innings not dismissed Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress... Runs – Runs scored Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...  in career HS – Highest score 100 – Centuries Century (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...  scored 50 – Half-centuries scored Avg – Runs scored per dismissal Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... * – Batsman remained not out

Bowling Bowling (cricket) In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder... Balls – Balls Delivery (cricket) A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...  bowled in career Wkt – Wicket Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch... s taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings BBM – Best bowling in a match Ave – Average runs per wicket Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned... + – Bowled more than reported deliveries

Fielding Fielding (cricket) Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position... Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected

Test cricketers

No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Inn Innings An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...	NO Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	HS	100 Century (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...	50	Avg Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...	Balls Delivery (cricket) A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...	Wkt	BBI	BBM	Ave Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...	Ca	St
					Batting Batting (cricket) In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...							Bowling Bowling (cricket) In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...					Fielding Fielding (cricket) Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position...
01	Sharmila Chakraborty Sharmila Chakraborty Sharmila Chakraborty is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented the India national women's cricket team.-References:...	1976	1984	11	11	5	0035	026	–	–	05.83	1196	19	5/17525	07/13070	022.10	01	0
02	Behroze Edulji Behroze Edulji Behroze Edulji is a former Test cricketer who represented India. Her sister Diana Edulji is also a former Indian Test cricketer.-References:...	1976	1976	01	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0089	0	–	–	–	0	0
03	Diana Edulji Diana Edulji Diana Fram Edulji is a former Indian women's Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, before...  ♠	1976	1991	20	30	5	0404	057*	–	1	16.16	5098+	63	6/13664	06/13664	025.77	08	0
04	Susan Itticheria Susan Itticheria Susan Itticheria is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played seven Test matches and two One Day Internationals.-References:...	1976	1977	07	10	4	0040	011	–	–	06.66	0588	07	2/17921	02/16040	037.14	02	0
05	Fowzieh Khalili Fowzieh Khalili Fowzieh Khalili is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who has represented India at the international level and Tamil Nadu at the domestic league level. She played eight Tests and thirteen One Day Internationals....  ♦	1976	1977	08	15	2	0347	084	–	3	26.69	–	–	–	–	–	05	10
06	Shubhangi Kulkarni Shubhangi Kulkarni Shubhangi Kulkarni is a former Indian women cricketer. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India when WCAI was merged into BCCI in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batswomen...  ♠	1976	1991	19	32	2	0700	118	1	2	23.33	3320+	60	6/10199	07/14357	027.45	14	0
07	Sandhya Mazumdar Sandhya Mazumdar Sandhya Mazumdar, born in Calcutta, West Bengal, is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played six Test matches and one One Day International.-References:...	1976	1977	06	10	0	0084	022	–	–	08.40	–	–	–	–	–	02	0
08	Ujwala Nikam Ujwala Nikam Ujwala Vasudev Nikam is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Maharashtra in the domestic league. She played eight Test matches and two One Day Internationals....	1976	1977	08	12	0	0125	026	–	–	10.41	–	–	–	–	–	02	0
09	Shobha Pandit Shobha Pandit Shobha Pandit is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Maharashtra in the domestic league. She played eight Test matches and two One Day Internationals....	1976	1977	08	14	0	0247	069	–	1	17.64	0184	04	1/1964	01/1964	018.75	01	0
10	Shantha Rangaswamy Shantha Rangaswamy Shantha Rangaswamy, also known as Shanta Rangaswamy, is an Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket for India in 16 matches from 1976 to 1991, captaining the side in 8 matches in 1976-7 and four in 1983-4...  ♠	1976	1991	16	26	3	0750	108	1	6	32.60	1555	21	4/15842	06/086114	031.61	10	0
11	Sudha Shah Sudha Shah Sudha Shah is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Tamil Nadu and South Zone in India's domestic competitions. She played a total of 21 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals.-References:...	1976	1991	21	38	6	0601	062*	–	1	18.78	0842	05	3/17228	04/15050	064.20	21	0
12	Runa Basu Runa Basu Runa Basu, born in Calcutta, West Bengal, is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Bengal in India's domestic league. She played six Test matches and one One Day International.-References:...	1976	1985	05	06	0	0020	005	–	–	03.33	0294	02	1/18515	01/18515	055.50	02	0
13	Jyotsna Patel Jyotsna Patel Jyotsna Patel is a former Test cricketer who represented India. She was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and played two Test matches for India.-References:...	1976	1976	02	02	0	0004	002	–	–	02.00	–	–	–	–	–	00	0
14	Rajeshwari Dholakia Rajeshwari Dholakia Rajeshwari Dholakia is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played four Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals for India.-References:...	1976	1977	04	06	4	0040	024*	–	–	20.00	0118	01	1/19010	01/17822	043.00	02	0
15	Uthpala Chakraborty Uthpala Chakraborty Uthpala Chakraborty is a former Test cricketer who represented India. Her sister Sharmila Chakraborty is also a former Indian Test cricketer.-References:...	1976	1976	01	02	1	0	0*	–	–	0.00	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
16	Gargi Banerji Gargi Banerji Gargi Banerji is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She made her international debut at the age of 14 and played for Bengal in India's domestic league prior to her international appearance She played a total of 18 Tests and 26 ODIs.-References:...	1984	1991	12	22	0	0614	075*	–	6	27.90	0329	08	6/1919	06/16832	017.12	03	0
17	Vrinda Bhagat Vrinda Bhagat Vrinda Bhagat is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of two Tests and 11 ODIs.-References:...	1984	1984	02	04	0	0034	016	–	–	08.50	0054	02	1/1928	01/1928	012.00	02	0
18	Shashi Gupta Shashi Gupta Shashi Gupta is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of 13 Tests and 20 ODIs.-References:...	1984	1991	13	22	6	0452	048*	–	–	28.25	1962	25	4/15347	08/100100	031.28	02	0
19	Nilima Jogalekar Nilima Jogalekar Nilima Jogalekar is a former Indian women cricketer. She was the team wicket-keeper and a middle order batswomen. She represented Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket, making her international debut in the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup as Nilima Barve Nilima Jogalekar played 6 Test matches and...  ♦ ♠	1984	1985	06	10	0	0172	041	–	–	17.20	0006	0	–	–	–	04	11
20	Anjali Pendharker Anjali Pendharker Anjali Pendharker is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of five Tests and 19 ODIs.-References:...	1984	1985	05	8	0	0218	081	–	2	27.25	0048	01	1/17822	01/17822	031.00	01	0
21	Sujata Sridhar Sujata Sridhar Sujata Sridhar is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of three Tests and six ODIs and represented Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India's domestic leagues.-References:...	1984	1986	03	04	2	0032	020*	–	–	16.00	0336	03	2/15446	02/11288	053.33	01	0
22	Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore.She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centuries...  ♠	1984	1995	13	23	1	1110	190	4	4	50.45	0024	01	1/2000	01/2000	020.00	02	0
23	Arunadhati Ghosh	1984	1986	08	12	2	0134	041	–	–	13.40	0816	05	2/17426	02/13367	067.60	03	0
24	Rita Dey Rita Dey Rita Dey is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper who played two Tests and six ODIs-References:...  ♦	1984	1985	02	04	1	0084	046	–	–	28.00	2	–	–	–	–	02	0
25	Sandra Braganza Sandra Braganza Sandra Braganza is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of six Tests and 20 ODIs.-References:...	1985	1991	06	09	6	0045	019*	–	–	15.00	0450	04	2/16535	02/16238	051.00	0	0
26	Mithu Mukherjee Mithu Mukherjee Mithu Mukherjee is a former Test cricketer who represented the India national women's cricket team. She played a total of four Tests scoring a total of 76 runs and taking two wickets.-References:...	1985	1991	04	01	1	0076	028	–	–	10.85	0322	02	1/16832	01/16832	084.50	0	0
27	Lopamudra Bhattacharji Lopamudra Bhattacharji Lopamudra Bhattacharj is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a medium pace bowler and has played one Test and 15 ODIs.-References:...	1985	1985	01	01	0	0007	007	–	–	07.00	0024	0	–	–	–	0	0
28	Rajani Venugopal Rajani Venugopal Rajani Venugopal is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented the India national women's cricket team. She is a left-hand batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler. She has played six Tests and nine ODIs.-References:...	1985	1995	06	10	0	0258	058	–	3	25.80	0066	0	–	–	–	02	0
29	Neeta Kadam Neeta Kadam Neeta Kadam is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and has played one Test and two ODIs.-References:...	1985	1985	01	01	0	0003	003	–	–	03.00	0036	0	–	–	–	00	0
30	Minoti Desai Minoti Desai Minoti Desai is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-handed batsman and bowls left-arm orthodox. She played one Test and one ODI for India.-References:...	1986	1986	01	02	0	0056	054	–	1	28.00	0018	0	–	–	–	00	0
31	Venkatacher Kalpana Venkatacher Kalpana Venkatacher Kalpana is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper. She has played three Tests and eight ODIs.-References:...  ♦	1986	1991	03	05	0	0071	034	–	–	14.20	–	–	–	–	–	01	03
32	Rekha Punekar Rekha Punekar Rekha Punekar is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and has played two Tests and one ODIs.-References:...	1986	1986	02	03	0	0049	047	–	–	16.33	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
33	Manimala Singhal Manimala Singhal Manimala Singhal is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper. She has played six Tests and six ODIs.-References:...  ♦	1986	1991	06	10	2	0116	044	–	–	14.50	–	–	–	–	–	05	03
34	Pramila Bhatt Pramila Bhatt Pramila S Bhatt is an ex-Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained the Indian team in 1 Test match and 7 ODI matches...	1991	1995	05	07	2	0123	042	–	–	24.60	1016	09	3/15842	05/14060	034.77	01	0
35	Seema Desai Seema Desai Seema Desai is a Test cricketer who represents India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls medium pace. She has played two Tests for India.-References:...	1991	1991	02	04	0	0049	021	–	–	12.25	0138	0	–	–	–	0	0
36	Chanderkanta Kaul Chanderkanta Kaul Chandrakanta Kaul, also known as Chandrakantha Aheer , is an Indian former cricketer.Kaul was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained the Indian team in 1 Test match and 4 ODI matches...  ♠	1995	1999	05	09	0	0318	075	–	3	35.33	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
37	Sangita Dabir Sangita Dabir Sangita Dabir is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India.Dabir was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She is a left-hand batsman and bowls left-arm orthodox. She has played four Tests and 19 ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1995	04	07	2	0264	060	–	3	52.80	0585	10	4/16436	05/13763	013.60	06	0
38	Neetu David Neetu David Neetu David is a left-arm spinner who plays for the India national women's cricket team.David is India's third highest wicket taker in Tests and their leading wicket-taker in One Day Internationals...	1995	2006	10	11	7	0025	011	–	–	06.25	2662	41	8/14753	09/11090	018.90	04	0
39	Laya Francis Laya Francis Laya Francis is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium fast. She has played four Tests and 11 ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1995	04	04	0	0006	004	–	–	01.50	0558	04	2/18020	04/16040	038.75	01	0
40	Anju Jain Anju Jain Anju Jain is a former Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India. She opened the innings and was the team wicket-keeper...  ♦	1995	2003	08	12	0	0441	110	1	3	36.75	–	–	–	–	–	15	8
41	Renu Margrate Renu Margrate Renu Margrate is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium pace. She has played four Tests and 23 ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1999	05	06	2	0058	027	–	–	14.50	0504	01	1/18614	01/18020	141.00	01	0
42	Rishijae Mudgal Rishijae Mudgal Rishijae Mudgal is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played four Tests and six ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1995	02	04	1	0030	024*	–	–	10.00	0012	0	–	–	–	03	0
43	Purnima Rau Purnima Rau Purnima Rau, is an Indian ex-cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained Air India Women's cricket team in Indian domestic women's cricket...  ♠	1995	1999	05	08	0	0123	033	–	–	15.37	01164	15	5/16624	07/10298	021.26	01	0
44	Arati Vaidya Arati Vaidya Arati Vaidya is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-hand batsman and bowls left-arm fast medium. She has played three Tests and six ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1999	03	06	1	0139	039	–	–	27.80	0030	0	–	–	–	00	0
45	Shyama Shaw Shyama Shaw Shyama Shaw is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-hand batsman and bowls left-arm medium pace. She has played three Tests and five ODIs for India.-References:...	1995	1995	03	05	2	0184	066	–	2	61.33	0336	05	3/18119	03/13862	021.40	01	0
46	Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra is a member of the India national women's cricket team. She was born in New Delhi. She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden...  ♠	1995	2006	12	20	2	0548	098	–	4	30.44	0258	02	1/1919	01/1919	044.00	13	0
47	Kalyani Dhokarikar Kalyani Dhokarikar Kalyani Dhokarikar is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium pace. She has played one Tests and eight ODIs for India.-References:...	1999	1999	01	02	1	0025	021	–	–	25.00	0192	02	1/18317	02/14456	028.00	0	0
48	Hemlata Kala Hemlata Kala Hemlata Kala is an Indian cricketer who has played seven women's test matches and 74 women's one-day internationals. She is a right-hand bat and bowls right-arm medium-fast.-References:...	1999	2006	07	10	0	0503	110	2	3	50.30	0206	05	3/18218	03/18218	019.60	03	0
49	Deepa Marathe Deepa Marathe Deepa Madhukar Marathe is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. She has played five Tests and 59 ODIs for India.-References:...	1999	2003	05	06	0	0067	040	–	–	11.16	1002	08	3/18614	03/13268	042.25	01	0
50	Rupanjali Shastri Rupanjali Shastri Rupanjali Shastri is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played one Test and 12 ODIs for India.-References:...	1999	1999	01	02	0	0015	011	–	–	07.50	0240	03	3/14654	03/14060	020.00	0	0
No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Inn Innings An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...	NO Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	HS	100 Century (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...	50	Avg Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...	Balls Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid leather ball used to play cricket. Constructed of cork and leather, a cricket ball is heavily regulated by cricket law at first class level...	Wkt	BBI	BBM	Ave Bowling average Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...	Ca	St Stump (cricket) Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...
					Batting Batting (cricket) In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...							Bowling Bowling (cricket) In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...					Fielding Fielding (cricket) Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position...
51	Jhulan Goswami Jhulan Goswami Jhulan Goswami is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain...	2002	2006	08	11	2	0263	069	–	2	29.22	1618	33	5/17525	10/12278	016.36	5	0
52	Bindeshwari Goyal Bindeshwari Goyal Bindeshwari Goyal is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played three Tests and four ODIs for India.-References:...	2002	2002	03	03	1	0001	001*	–	–	00.50	0738	05	2/17723	03/13466	042.60	0	0
53	Arundhati Kirkire Arundhati Kirkire Arundhati Kirkire is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India. She is a right-hand batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and is also a wicket-keeper. She has played one Test and 30 ODIs for India.-References:...  ♦	2002	2002	01	01	0	0003	003	–	–	03.00	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
54	Mamatha Maben Mamatha Maben Mamatha Maben is an Indian cricketer who has played four women's test matches and 40 women's one-day internationals including the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.-References:...  ♠	2002	2003	04	04	0	0125	050	–	1	31.25	0054	0	–	–	–	1	0
55	Mithali Raj Mithali Raj Mithali Raj is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India women's cricket team. She was the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs without getting out in that match...  ♠	2002	2006	08	13	2	0572	214	1	3	52.00	0072	0	–	–	–	7	0
56	Amrita Pratapsinh Shinde	2002	2002	01	01	0	0029	029	–	–	29.00	0048	01	1/18317	01/18317	017.00	1	0
57	Jaya Sharma Jaya Sharma Jaya Sharma in Ghaziabad. She is an Indian cricketer who has played one women's test match and 77 women's one-day internationals including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa...	2002	2002	02	02	1	0006	006*	–	–	06.00	0318	03	1/18713	02/12971	035.33	0	0
58	Sunita Singh Sunita Singh Sunita Singh |Punjab]]) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm medium pace. She has played two Tests and 18 ODIs for India.-References:...	2002	2002	01	01	0	0024	024	–	–	24.00	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
59	Sulakshana Naik Sulakshana Naik Sulakshana Naik is a cricketer who has played in 31 women's One Day Internationals, six Twenty20 internationals and two Tests for India.-References:...  ♦	2002	2006	02	03	0	0062	025	–	–	20.66	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
60	Sunetra Arun Paranjpe	2002	2006	03	04	1	0033	030	–	–	11.00	0048	0	–	–	–	3	0
61	Nooshin Al Khadeer Nooshin Al Khadeer Nooshin Al Khadeer is a cricketer who plays for India's female cricket team. She made her debut in 2002 and has been a regular member of the team since. She performed consistently well and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2003. She is currently closing in on the 100 wicket landmark in ODIs....	2003	2006	05	07	2	0046	016*	–	–	09.20	1239	14	3/17030	04/12674	026.64	0	0
62	Amita Sharma Amita Sharma Amita Sharma is an Indian cricket player. She is an all-rounder in the Indian Women Cricket team and is currently the vice-captain of the team. Amita is very accurate in her medium pace and a hard hitter batter....	2003	2006	05	07	1	0082	050	–	1	13.66	0748	05	2/18119	03/12773	050.40	0	0
63	Rumeli Dhar Rumeli Dhar Rumeli Dhar, is an Indian cricket player. She is an all-rounder in the Indian Women Cricket team. Dhar is very accurate in her medium pace and a pillar of Indian middle order batting. She has also been described by Cricinfo as an "excellent fielder"...	2005	2006	04	08	0	0236	057	–	1	29.50	0552	08	2/18316	02/17426	021.75	0	0
64	Karuna Vijaykumar Jain ♦	2005	2006	04	08	0	0195	040	–	–	24.37	–	–	–	–	–	10	3
65	Sravanthi Naidu Sravanthi Naidu Sravanthi Naidu is a cricketer who has played in four women's One Day Internationals and one Test for India.-References:...	2005	2005	01	01	0	0009	009	–	–	09.00	0100	02	2/17030	02/13862	031.00	0	0
66	Asha Rawat Asha Rawat Asha Rawat is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls off-breaks. She has represented India in one Tests and 15 ODIs.-References:...	2005	2005	01	01	0	0009	009	–	–	09.00	0012	0	–	–	–	0	0
67	Monica Sumra Monica Sumra Monica Sumra is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India. She is a right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler. She has played three Tests and 14 ODIs.-References:...	2005	2006	03	06	0	0061	029	–	–	10.16	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
68	Devika Palshikar Devika Palshikar Devika Palshikar is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India. She has played one Test and 15 ODIs and represents Maharashtra and West Zone in India's domestic league.-References:...	2006	2006	01	02	0	0007	006	–	–	03.50	0054	0	–	–	–	0	0
69	Nidhi Buley Nidhi Buley Nidhi Buley is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents the India national women's cricket team. She represents Air India in the Indian domestic league.-References:...	2006	2006	01	01	1	0	0*	–	–	–	0072	0	–	–	–	0	0
70	Preeti Dimri Preeti Dimri Preeti Dimri is a Test and One-day international cricketer who represents the India national women's cricket team. She represents Indian Railways in the Indian domestic league.-References:...	2006	2006	02	03	2	0019	019	–	–	19.00	0468	05	3/12575	05/082118	036.40	0	0
71	Reema Malhotra Reema Malhotra Reema Malhotra is a cricketer who has played in 30 women's One Day Internationals, six Twenty20 internationals and one Test for India.-References:...	2006	2006	01	02	1	0023	012*	–	–	23.00	0018	0	–	–	–	0	0

Test captains

No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Win%
01	Shantha Rangaswamy Shantha Rangaswamy Shantha Rangaswamy, also known as Shanta Rangaswamy, is an Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket for India in 16 matches from 1976 to 1991, captaining the side in 8 matches in 1976-7 and four in 1983-4...	1976	1984	12	1	2	0	9	08.33%
02	Nilima Jogalekar Nilima Jogalekar Nilima Jogalekar is a former Indian women cricketer. She was the team wicket-keeper and a middle order batswomen. She represented Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket, making her international debut in the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup as Nilima Barve Nilima Jogalekar played 6 Test matches and...	1985	1985	01	0	0	0	1	0%
03	Diana Edulji Diana Edulji Diana Fram Edulji is a former Indian women's Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on to play basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, before...	1985	1986	04	0	0	0	4	0%
04	Shubhangi Kulkarni Shubhangi Kulkarni Shubhangi Kulkarni is a former Indian women cricketer. She was the secretary of the Women's Cricket Association of India when WCAI was merged into BCCI in 2006. She was a leg-spinner and a useful lower order batswomen...	1986	1991	03	0	1	0	2	0%
05	Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore.She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centuries...	1991	1991	01	0	1	0	0	0%
06	Purnima Rau Purnima Rau Purnima Rau, is an Indian ex-cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained Air India Women's cricket team in Indian domestic women's cricket...	1995	1995	03	0	1	0	2	0%
07	Pramila Bhatt Pramila Bhatt Pramila S Bhatt is an ex-Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained the Indian team in 1 Test match and 7 ODI matches...	1995	1995	01	0	0	0	1	0%
08	Chanderkanta Kaul Chanderkanta Kaul Chandrakanta Kaul, also known as Chandrakantha Aheer , is an Indian former cricketer.Kaul was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. She played Women's Test cricket and ODI cricket for India . She captained the Indian team in 1 Test match and 4 ODI matches...	1999	1999	01	0	0	0	1	0%
09	Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra is a member of the India national women's cricket team. She was born in New Delhi. She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden...	2002	2002	3	01	0	0	2	33.33%
10	Mamatha Maben Mamatha Maben Mamatha Maben is an Indian cricketer who has played four women's test matches and 40 women's one-day internationals including the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.-References:...	2003	2003	01	0	0	0	1	0%
11	Mithali Raj Mithali Raj Mithali Raj is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India women's cricket team. She was the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs without getting out in that match...	2005	2006	04	1	1	0	2	25%
Total		1976	2006	34	3	6	0	25	8.82%