| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Mugdha Joshi |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2018 (7 years ago) (2018) |
| Home ground | Cricket Association Pondicherry Ground,Puducherry Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences Cricket Ground,Puducherry |
| History | |
| WSODT wins | 0 |
| SWTL wins | 0 |
ThePondicherry women's cricket team, also known asPuducherry women's cricket team, is a women's cricket team that represents the Indian union territory ofPuducherry. They were formed ahead of the 2018–19 season, and have competed in both theWomen's Senior One Day Trophy and theSenior Women's T20 League since that season.[1]
Pondicherry Women were formed ahead of the 2018–19 season, after an expansion of teams in Indian domestic cricket.[2][3] In their first season, they competed in theSenior Women's One Day League, finishing 2nd in the Plate competition, and in theSenior Women's T20 League, finishing 7th out of 8 teams in their group.[4][5]
The following season, 2019–20, Pondicherry finished 5th in the Plate competition of theSenior Women's One Day League and 6th in theirSenior Women's T20 League group.[6][7] The following season, 2020–21, with only the One Day League going ahead, Pondicherry finished 2nd in the Plate competition, with 5 wins from their six games, gaining promotion to the Elite Group.[8] Pondicherry bowler Amruta Saran was the joint-second highest wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 16 wickets at an average of 11.43.[9] In 2021–22, they failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Plate Group in both competitions.[10][11] In 2022–23, the side finished 5th in their group in both competitions.[12][13]
Players who have played for Pondicherry and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[14]
Karu Jain (2004)Gouher Sultana (2008)Anagha Deshpande (2008)Latika Kumari (2009)Asha Sobhana (2024)| Season | Division | League standings[1] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2018–19 | Plate | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.548 | 28 | 2nd | |
| 2019–20 | Plate | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1.500 | 24 | 5th | |
| 2020–21 | Plate | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.386 | 20 | 2nd | Promoted |
| 2021–22 | Elite Group E | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –2.173 | 0 | 6th | |
| 2022–23 | Group C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –1.374 | 8 | 5th | |
| Season | Division | League standings[1] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2018–19 | Group E | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −0.835 | 4 | 7th | |
| 2019–20 | Group C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.452 | 4 | 6th | |
| 2021–22 | Plate | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.025 | 16 | 3rd | |
| 2022–23 | Group C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –0.348 | 12 | 5th | |
