In India, cricket is over faith and festival. Unfortunately, everyone praises the achievement achieved by the men cricketer. But our women cricketers also are talented and are always ready to move every stone for our country’s pride. Let us take a look at the ten greatest Indian women cricketers and how they paved the way for the country’s success during their time.
5. Shikha Pandey
Shikha Subas Pandey is an Indian cricketer and also an officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). She is a multidimensional star. For her, education was the priority and she had never let her focus on games affect her academic performance. She is truly inspirational for all who are encountering problems with her education and dream. She has proved that you can achieve want you to want without any kind of loss or distractions.
4. Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is a most stylish, who can play shot any part of the ground, Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women’s national team. She is an attacking opening batsman and can destroy any bowling lineup. She has played so many fabulous and winning knock for the nation. The BCCI named her the Best Women’s International Cricketer in 2018.
3. Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer. In the absence of Mithali Raj, she serves as the captain of the Indian team. She is an incredible all-rounder on the side. She was awarded the Arjuna Award for her outstanding performance in Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. She has smashed an exceptional century in Women’s T20I 2018 making her the first Indian woman who had done this. She was inspired by Virender Sehwag.
2. Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Nishit Goswami is a brilliant Indian international cricketer. She is regarded as one of the greatest and fastest women fast bowlers of all time. She won the M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for Best Women’s Cricketer in 2011. Currently, she is the highest wicket-taker in Women’s ODIs. Thanks to the 1992 Cricket world cup that inspired her to play cricket and our nation got a true gem
1.Mithali Raj
Mithali Dorai Raj is the Sachin Tendulkar of Women’s Cricket. Her captaincy skills are like MS Dhoni. During her childhood, she wanted to be a Bharatanatyam dancer. As within the Hindi proverb, it is rightly said that “जो हुआ अच्छे के लिए हुआ” Bharatnatayam’s loss is cricket’s gain. She holds numerous traffic records in international cricket. She has scored the foremost runs in WODIs.
She became the captain of the Indian WODIs side in 2005. Because of her outstanding fitness, and powerful determination, she has completed more than two decades of playing cricket for the nation. She has also received several prestigious awards, including Arjuna Award in 2003, the Padma Shri in 2015, and many more.