Pooja Vastrakar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru faces a setback as all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar will miss the initial two weeks of the Women's Premier League due to a hamstring injury sustained during training. This adds to her recent injury woes, having been sidelined since the T20 World Cup.

Indian women's selection committee named Jemimah Rodrigues and Pooja Vastrakar for the series against South Africa, pending fitness tests. Priya Punia returned to ODI side. Harmanpreet Kaur to lead, Smriti Mandhana deputy. Selection of Rodrigues and Vastrakar subject to fitness, stated BCCI.

Ahead of the second match of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, India speedster Pooja Vastrakar said that she want her team to play dominantly against the hosts to win the match by a big margin.

Pooja Vastrakar, a late addition to the Indian women's cricket team, made a career-best performance with figures of 4/17 in four overs, propelling the Indian women's cricket team to their first-ever Asian Games final. Her outstanding bowling led to Bangladesh being dismissed for 51 runs in 17.5 overs, their lowest-ever T20 score against India.

Supernovas skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bowl against Trailblazers in the final of the Women's T20 Challenge on Monday. Both teams made one change each from their previous match. Nuzhat Parween came in for D Hemalatha for the Trailblazers, while Supernovas replaced Priya Punia with Pooja Vastrakar.

Vastrakar bowled a brilliant spell giving away 34 runs in her 10-over quota while snaring four wickets, including the important scalps of skipper Sophie Devine (35) and Amy Satterthwaite (75).

Indian women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur says that Richa Ghosh and Pooja Vastrakar's performance is a big positive for India from the multi-format series which they lost 5-11 to a dominant Australia.

Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning-led won the toss and opted to bowl against table-toppers Mumbai Indians in their Women's Premier League (WPL) match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday.

India players Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana were on Thursday named captains of the four respective teams that will feature in Senior Women's Challenger T20 Trophy to be played in Raipur from November 20.

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Team India for their 'brilliant win' over Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Women's 50-over World Cup here at the Bay Oval on Sunday.

All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar became the latest Indian cricketer to sign for Brisbane Heat for the upcoming edition of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).

Mumbai Indians made the smart buy at the Women's Premier League as Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for them at Rs just 1.80 crore which is not even among the top two buys of the team.

In the high-octane clash against Pakistan, in what was India's opening match in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Vastrakar was at her best with the bat. Coming in to bat at number 8, Vastrakar, who hails from Bilaspur in Madhya, Pradesh belted 67 off 59 deliveries and stitched a 122-run partnership with Sneh Rana (53 not out off 48 balls) to take India out of a tough situation.

Persistent rain in Chennai forced the abandonment of the second women's T20I between India and South Africa, who scored 177 for six. South Africa leads 1-0; India needs a win Tuesday. Brits scored fifty; Wolvaardt, Bosch, Kapp supported. Deepti, Vastrakar excelled. Jemimah Rodrigues's drop cost India, as Dercksen hit three fours in the last three balls.

After a delay of nearly a decade, process for around 25 acre land for nearly four bigger grounds for Indore Division Cricket Association (IDCA) at the super corridor has been initiated.

Shabnam Shakil, a promising medium-pacer, has earned her maiden call-up to the Indian women's cricket team for the current series against South Africa at home. The 17-year-old has been selected for all three formats, joining the squad midway through the ODI series in Bengaluru, where India has already secured a decisive 2-0 lead. Apart from the inclusion of Shakil, the Indian selectors have decided to retain the rest of the squad for the remaining matches. The third and final ODI is scheduled to take place on Sunday in Bengaluru.

Taking charge after the Indian top order collapsed, all-rounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneha Rana's aim was to rotate strike till the 45th over before going for the big shots in their Women's World Cup match against arch-rivals Pakistan here on Sunday.

India and Mumbai Indians men's team captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday took to Twitter and congratulated his franchise for a successful Women's Premier League (WPL) auction.

The BCCI on Saturday made a couple of chances in the senior men's and women's teams for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Akash Deep has been included in the men's team while Pooja Vastrakar comes into the women's squad.

Rookie wicketkeeper-batter Indrani Roy from Jharkhand was rewarded with maiden Test and ODI call-up for India's tour of England next month but senior left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad missed out due to an injury.

ndia all-rounder Sneh Rana said that she wants to contribute to the team in every way possible. Rana's remarks came after India defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in their opening game of the ongoing ICC Women's 50-over World Cup.

India triumphed over West Indies by 20 runs in a Women's T20 World Cup warm-up match. Jemimah Rodrigues anchored India's innings with a fifty, helping them post 141 for 8. In reply, West Indies managed only 121 for 8, with Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma playing pivotal roles in India's bowling attack.

The experienced Deepti Sharma shone with the bat after her exploits with the ball, coming to the Indian women's team's rescue in a tricky chase for a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI here on Friday. In the company of Pooja Vastrakar (21 not out), Deepti (22 not out) guided the team home in 38 overs after being set an easy target of 172, in Harmanpreet Kaur's first match as full-time ODI captain.

Pooja Vastrakar, an 18-year-old fast bowler from Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol, has been included in the 16-member senior women's cricket team that will tour South Africa next month.

The All-India Senior Women's Selection Committee on Tuesday picked the squads for India women's upcoming tour of Australia.

All-rounder Ellyse Perry became the first Australian woman to take 300 international wickets after she dismissed India's Pooja Vastrakar on day three of the four-day Pink Ball Test on the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Indian women's team off-spinner Deepti Sharma feels skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's ability to "stay calm" at almost all times helps in her decision-making in the middle.

The T20 squad comprised mostly of those who were part of the Asian Games gold-winning squad in Hangzhou, which is a nice blend of seniors and juniors.

India player Deepti Sharma's all-round show helped Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh by 28 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the women's senior one-day meet in Rajkot on Tuesday. Bengal will play Railways in the second semifinal at the same venue on Thursday.