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Deepti Sharma had gone five T20Is in a row without taking a wicket on India’s tours of Australia and South Africa. With the format’s World Cup around the corner, that wasn’t a good sign. But it is unlikely that the Indian team management would have been overly worried. Deepti was bound to be among the…
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India’s Smriti Mandhana, left, and Harmanpreet Kaur running between the wickets during an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match. File. | Photo Credit: AP Netherlands opted to bowl after winning the toss in their Women’s T20 World Cup match against India in Leeds on Wednesday (June 17, 2026). India brought in Nandani Sharma in place…
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India’s Deepti Sharma celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Gull Feroza during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match on June 14, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Seasoned all-rounder Deepti Sharma says she relishes the pressure that comes with ICC tournaments after delivering a match-winning performance in India’s opening Women’s T20 World Cup game…
A well-balanced India will need openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma to fire from all cylinders against a tricky Pakistan to make a bright beginning to their campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Birmingham on Sunday (June 14, 2026). Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, India are looking to add a second global title…
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Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women’s rights, has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday (June 4, 2026). “Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim,”…
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Nat Sciver-Brunt. File photo: Special Arrangement. | Photo Credit: Dhruva Prasad _11529 England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt could miss next month’s T20 World Cup after the all-rounder was ruled out of her side’s warm-up series against New Zealand and India. Sciver-Brunt tore her left calf while playing for the Blaze in domestic cricket earlier this month…
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Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas. Barcelona won its seventh straight women’s Spanish league title with a 4-1 victory over Espanyol. FIle | Photo Credit: AP Barcelona won its seventh straight women’s Spanish league title with a 4-1 victory over Espanyol. The win gave Barcelona an insurmountable 16-point lead over second-place Real Madrid. It is the 11th league…
Team captain Vishal Uppal, third from left, with Sahaja Yamalapalli, Ankita Raina, Zeel Desai, Rutuja Bhosale and Vaishnavi Adkar on the eve of the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs in New Delhi on Monday | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The players and venue would be different but India would be hoping to repeat its…
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Smriti and Shafali have to fire at the top if India harbours hopes of beating Australia. Photo: X/bcciwomen India will need its batting big guns to fire collectively against an experienced Australian bowling group in the third and final women’s T20 International to seal a historic maiden series triumph Down Under, in Adelaide on Saturday…
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A file image of India’s Harmanpreet Kaur. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Harmanpreet Kaur became the highest-capped player in women’s international cricket when she made her 356th appearance for India in Thursday’s (February 19, 2026) Twenty20 match against Australia, surpassing New Zealand great Suzie Bates. Indian captain Kaur, 36, has now played six tests, 161…
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