India defeated the West Indies by 56 runs in the T20I Tri-Series in South Africa, announcing themselves ahead of next month's ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Star batters Smriti Mandhana (74*) and Harmanpreet Kaur (56*) made significant contributions to the Asian team, whose total of 167/2 was far too much for the Caribbean team in East London.
Viacom18 secured the Women's Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights value for the 2023-2027 cycle for a whopping Rs 951 crore, which means per match value of INR 7.09 crore for the next five years.
Women in Blue started off the year on a bad note. Indian team toured New Zealand for an ODI series, which India lost 4-1. But the year saw them gain big success at multi-team events and some bilateral series
The captain said that the team knows the shortcoming of bowlers in the last 10 overs and will work on it during the one-month break that the team will get before heading into the T20 World Cup in February.
Half-centuries from Ashleigh Gardner and Grace Harris and a fiery spell from Heather Graham guided an all-round Australia to a 54-run win over India in the fifth and final T20I of the series in Mumbai on Tuesday