Know The 10 Greatest Indian Women's Cricketer of all Time

Indian Men’s cricket is enjoyed by the audiences all over the world, and the women’s team members are also getting popular day by day worldwide. They are flourishing themselves as a great cricketer as well as an ideal to many of the Indian women. 

Many female cricket players have also earned recognition after the BCCI  put women's cricket into the standards.This blog is going to talk about the top 10 greatest Indian female cricketers of all times. 

 Top 10 Indian Women Cricketers of All Time

Let's explore the ten best Indian women cricketers and how they contributed to the growth of their nation throughout that time.

Mithali Raj

• Mithali Dorai Raj is known as the Sachin Tendulkar of Womens cricket and her captaincy skills are compared with M.S.Dhoni.
• She has her personal interest in Bharatanatyam dancing and wanted to be one, but destiny has decided Cricket career for her.
• There are various records in International cricket made by her like- She has scored the highest runs in Women’s ODI.
• In 2005, Mithali became the captain of Women’s ODIs. She has completed more than two decades of playing cricket for the nation because of her amazing fitness and strong determination.
• The Arjuna Award(In 2003) & Padma Shri(In 2015) are two of the most respected awards she has received.

Jhulan Goswami

• Jhulan Nishit Goswami is often regarded as one of the finest female fast bowlers of all time. In 2011, she won the M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for Best Women Cricketer.
• In Women's ODIs, she is also the maximum wicket taker. The world cup of 1992 was a source of inspiration to her that made her a gem to the nation in terms of cricket.

Harmanpreet Kaur 

• Harmanpreet Kaur, All-Rounder in women’s cricket,  served as a skipper to the team in the absence of Mithali Raj.In 2017, she was granted the Arjuna award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for her brilliant performance in Cricket.
• In Women’s T20I 2018, she hit an appreciable century and became the first Indian Women to do so. Virender Sehwag, the former Indian Men’s Team player, is the source of inspiration to her. 

Smriti Mandhana

• Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana, a part of Indian Women’s National Cricket Team, is a female cricketer with a special ability to play shots on any part of the ground.
• She is the opening batsman(attacking format) who has played her best in making the team win the title of different leagues and tournaments of cricket. In 2018, she was named the best women's international cricketer by the BCCI.

Shikha Pandey

• Shikha Subas Pandey is a proud Indian citizen, as other than being a cricketer, she is also an officer in the Indian Air Force(IAF).
• Her priority was her education and she never let her game disturb her academic achievement. This made an example for people who give up their dream for their academic growth.

Shefali Verma

• Like Viendra Sehwag, Shefali Verma is an attacking opening batsman. She has an amazing strike rate while batting. She became the youngest cricketer( aged 15) to play in a great tournament like Women’s T-20 International match for India.
• She disguised herself as a boy in order to go to a boy's academy for training due to the shortage of girls’ cricket academy in her native place. Her biggest inspiration was Sachin Tendulkar. 

Deepti Sharma

• Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an all-rounder from Uttar Pradesh who plays for the Indian Women’s National cricket team. Deepti is a left-hand batsman & she is a right-arm off break bowler.
• She has scored the third-highest run in Women’s ODIs with 188 runs and started her career of being an international cricketer in the year 2014.

Jemimah Rodrigues

• Jemimah Jessica Rodrigues is a highly hard-working female cricketer. She is a right-hand batsman and is a part of India’s national women’s cricket team. Shewas awarded as the Best Women Cricketer Award (Junior Domestic level) at BCCI awards for 2017-18 season.
• She was awarded with Jagmohan Dalmiya Award in June 2018 for Best Domestic Junior Women’s Cricketer by the BCCIat Jharkhand. This award was given to her by former Indian skipper, M.S.Dhoni.
• She represented Maharashtra in Cricket as well as in Hockey. She has her father as an inspiration. She became the second woman to score a double century in ODI cricket with 202 score for Mumbai opposite Saurashtra in the year 2017.

Anjum Chopra

• Anjum Chopra entered the cricket world at a very young age and she is the leader of the Women’s cricket team. Other than cricket she had an interest in the game basketball during her high school days.
• She retired from all formats of cricket in 2012. She became the first player to score an ODI century as well as to play 100 ODIs for India.

Neetu David

• Neetu David, a current chairperson of BCCI women’s selection committee and a former player of the Indian National women’s cricket team. Arm-spinner by role, her inspiration in cricket was Diana Edulji.
• She has record for bowling in Women’s Tests, the highest wicket-taker (2005) Women’s World Cup tournament and the first bowler of India to take 100 wickets in ODIs.

Other Famous Indian Women Cricketers

Purnima Rau

• Amazing striker of the ball, former cricketer from Hyderabad. 
• Initially, a Middle order batswomen, later served as an opener.

Shubhangi Kulkarni

• Right-Hand hitter and a leg spinner indian cricketer.Honored with Arjuna Award(1985). 
• In 2006, she became the secretary of the women’s cricket association of India(When it merged with BCCI).

Veda Krishnamurthy

• Made ODI debut in  2011 and is a right-hand batswoman of Indian team.
• An admirer of Mithali Raj, this girl from Kadur developed as a cricketer without having any facilities available near her residential area.

 Conclusion

There are many new names expected to be added to this list of Indian women cricketers of all time as all these above-mentioned inspired many young girls to follow their dreams and become successful like them.