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The BCCI announced a 16-member Indian squad for the five-match T20 series against Bangladesh starting April 28. Harmanpreet Kaur will continue to lead the side with Smriti Mandhana being her deputy while three of the stars of the WPL 2024 have been called up, two of them being uncapped.

The Hundred 2024 Player Draft saw some of the biggest names get picked while a few of them weren't looked at. Among the Indian players, only two got picked in the women's draft and among men, the West Indies players were in high demand with as many as six of them getting picked.

The 2024 player draft for the Hundred is set to be a star-studded affair for both men's and women's competitions with the likes of Jason Roy, Babar Azam, Meg Lanning, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana part of it. The 2024 edition of the England's 100-ball tournament will kick off on July 23.

Smriti Mandhana's RCB women's team received a guard of honour from the men's team at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru at the RCB Unbox event. The likes of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj among others stood to honour the women's side, which recently won the WPL title.

Smriti Mandhana led Royal Challengers Bangalore to their maiden title across franchises as they defeated Delhi Capitals in the final of the Women's Premier League 2024. Mandhana was emotional after the win, while Asha Shobana was seen in tears.

Indian youngster Shreyanka Patill took four wickets for 12 and Sophie Molineux bagged three wickets in an over to help Royal Challengers Bangalore to bowl out Delhi Capitals on 113 in the Women's Premier League 2024 final in New Delhi.

DC vs RCB WPL 2024 Final: Last edition's runner-up Delhi Capitals clash against Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the Women's Premier League 2024 at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday evening.

Smriti Mandhana shared how she was left awestruck by Meg Lanning in her first trip to Australia in 2016. Mandhana now stands on the cusp of history having led the Royal Challengers Bangalore to the final of the Women's Premier League 2024.

Delhi Capitals will take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) on Sunday, March 17 in Delhi. The Capitals, who were runners-up last year would aim to go one better while RCB women look to get their hands on silverware before the men.

Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore registered a thrilling five-run win against defending champions Mumbai Indians to enter their first-ever Women's Premier League final where they are set to clash against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.

"We would like to bat first today. It's an Eliminator, runs on board definitely count. Three matches have been played on this wicket, it'll start keeping low hopefully in the second innings. We are unchanged today," Mandhana said after winning the toss.

Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their losing streak against Harmanpreet Kaur's Mumbai Indians with a dominant seven-wicket win in their last league stage game which also secured them a playoff qualification.

In-form Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues smashed 58 off just 36 balls and English youngster Alice Capsey scored 48 to help Delhi Capitals post 181/5 batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry notched up a 95-run stand as they led RCB with the bat in a terrific win over UP Warriorz at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB have returned to the winning ways and ended the Bengaluru leg of the tournament on a high note.

The women's domestic circuit in India witnesses white-ball tournaments in both the One-day and the T20 format but is devoid of a red-ball tournament. However, with India playing red-ball cricket internationally at regular intervals against top-notch sides, a red-ball tournament is needed.

Opener Shafali Verma smashed 50 off just 31 balls and in-form English all-rounder Alice Capsey added crucial 46 runs to help Delhi Capitals post 194 while batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Smriti Mandhana was playing her first game in the Women's Premier League as RCB captain at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium and the crowd did make her feel at home with a loud cheer during toss that she couldn't even hear herself. RCB won their opening game by two runs against UP Warriorz.

Opening batter Sabbhineni Meghana scored 53 off 44 balls and the youngster Richa Ghosh smashed 62 off just 37 balls to help Royal Challengers Bangalore post 157/6 against UP Warriorz in the second match of the WPL 2024.

The Australia-South Africa women's ODI series had a positive effect on the Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana as the left-handed opening batter rose a couple of places to No. 4 in ICC ODI rankings for women. Mandhana last played an ODI against Australia at the start of the year.

Young pacer from West Bengal Titas Sadhu bowled her best T20I spell by taking four wickets and then fifties from openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana proved enough to help India chase down 141 runs at Dr Dy Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.