[2] The India women's national cricket team first competed in 1976 when they played the West Indies in a six-match Test series at home.
[4] As of October 2022[update], they have played 38 Test matches against five different opponents—Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand and the West Indies.
[5][6] India played their first Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) match against England in the 1978 World Cup,[7] which they hosted.
[9][10] In the 1982 World Cup, they won their first ever WODI match when they beat the International XI by 79 runs at McLean Park, Napier.
[11][12] India's first overseas WODI series win came at the 1994–95 New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament.