“A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows that it is in the journey where she will become strong.” Luke Easter

Today time women's cricket crazy is also increasing day by day as same as men's cricket game. In 2023 IPL for women will also start. But it was not always the same “the reality of being a women cricketer in India and confessed people were ignorant about the existence of the Indian women's cricket team” Raj.

1. Mithali Raj (2004-2022)

Mithali Raj, the captain of the Indian cricket team, started playing in 1999 and became the captain in 2004. She is a right-handed batswoman and takes the India cricket team to the highs. She had played 155 matches and won 89 matches. She was respected by the Indian govt with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award for Cricket, and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for Cricket. Under her captaincy, India won the ICC ODI World Cup final, doing so twice in 2005 and 2017.

2. Charlotte Edwards (2005-2016)

Charlotte Edwards was one of the inspiring women in England. She became the youngest woman to have played for England when she made her debut against New Zealand at Guildford at 16 in 2005. She is a former English professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team from 2005-2016. In 2014, Edwards was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. She was just the second English women's cricketer to be so honored after Claire Taylor in 2009.

3. Belinda Clark (1994-2005)

Belinda Jane Clark AO, an Australia right-handed batter who served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. Her best score of 136 was made against England at Worcester in 1998. She retired at the end of the 2005 Ashes series.

4. Suzie Bates (2011-2018)

Captain of New Zealand Cricket team Suzie Bates. She was 15, and she was representing the Otago Sparks in New Zealand's national women's cricket league. She initially juggled two sports and represented New Zealand in basketball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, basketball has taken a back seat since she was offered the captaincy of the White Ferns in July 2011. The first woman from New Zealand able to consider herself a full-time cricketer, having been awarded one of the inaugural female contracts by New Zealand Cricket in April 2013

5. Meg Lanning (2014-2022)

Meg Lanning, full name Meghann Moira Lanning an Austrian current national women's team captain. Currently, she has played 75 matches and won 66 matches. In April that year, she led her team to their third consecutive T20 World Cup title, putting up a ferocious performance with the bat. She led the team to a record unbeaten run in ODIs and back-to-back T20 World Cups.

6. Merissa Aguilleira (2009-2015)

Merissa Aguilleira is a West Indies right-hand batter and wicketkeeper. She made her ODI debut against the Netherlands in 2008. She became captain for her calm counsel, who led the team to the high. She became a captain from 2009 to 2015. In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season.

7. Heather Knight (2016-22)

Current national women's team captain of England, Heather Knight a right-handed batter and bowls occasional off-spin. She became the first female cricketer to score a fifty and to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI inning. Her winning percentage is 67.60%. In 2018, She was awarded an OBE, and named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for her part in the 2017 World Cup victory.

8. Sana Mir (2009-2017)

Sana Mir, The first bowler for Pakistan to take 100 wickets in WODIs. She served the Pakistan cricket team as a captain for nine years. She is a right-handed batter and bowls off-spin. In October 2018, she became the first Pakistani women cricketer to rank number 1 in the ICC ODI bowler ranking. Under her captaincy, Pakistan won two Gold medals in Asian Games in 2010 and 2014.

9. Clare Connor (2000-2005)

Clare Joanne Connor was an England nation women's cricket captain from 2000 to 2005. She was batted right-handed and bowled slow left-arm spin style="font-weight: 400;">. Currently, she is president of the Marylebone Cricket Club. She molded England into a force to be reckoned with, culminating in their 1-0 Ashes series win in 2005. England had last won the Ashes a mere 42 years before. In 2006, she became the first woman to play for the all-star charity side. She had announced her retirement soon after injurer.

10. Stafanie Taylor (2013-2022)

Stafanie Roxann Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer and current West Indies national women's cricket team captain. She is a right-handed batter and right arm off-break. In 2013 she became the only player in history, male or female, to ever achieve the number one ODI ranking in both batting and bowling. She is a footballer also, but she adopted cricket as a career because she could travel more in cricket as compared to football. It was always a challenging sport for women where they were not treated equally compared to the men’s cricket team. But as these women come over it. And made it possible to get equal opportunities. Now, all are the inspiration for all the girls out there to fight for their dreams and make them happen.