Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 13: As India prepares to celebrate its 78th Independence Day, Herbalife India releases a special edition of its popular podcast series, Live Your Best Life, Unscripted, featuring one of the country's most admired sporting icons, Smriti Mandhana.
International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Sanjog Gupta was present at the '50 Days to Go' event for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, where he said that the growth of Women's cricket is a reflection of the country's progress.
Former India captain Mithali Raj, who was a part of the event and had led the side in the previous edition, believed that the team's recent string of results puts them in a strong position for the World Cup.
Recently, the Indian Women's Team won the T20 and ODI series against the Three Lions in England. They defeated the hosts 2-1 in the T20Is and 3-2 in the one-dayers.
The upcoming 50-over World Cup marks the return of a senior ICC Women's tournament to the sub-continent for the first time since 2016, when India hosted the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
Harmanpreet Kaur smashed bowlers all over the Riverside Ground to complete 4000 ODI runs, becoming only the third Indian woman batter to slam 4000 runs behind Smriti Mandhana and legendary Mithali Raj.
After a disappointing loss in the first ODI, England women's cricket team bounced back in style at Lord's, outplaying India by 8 wickets in a rain-affected second match to level the series 1-1. It was a clinical performance from the hosts, who looked in complete control from the very start.
Radha collected a pair of wickets on the way to collecting the Player of the Match award when India clinched a T20I series over England for the first time with a comfortable victory over the hosts in Manchester on Wednesday.
Indian women's cricket team pulled off a team effort to seal a historic series triumph over England by winning the fourth T20 by six wickets at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday.