List of captains of Women’s Indian Cricket Team

India's women's team has now broken through at global level. Harmanpreet Kaur led India to its first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup title in 2025, beating South Africa in the final after earlier near-misses in major tournaments.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

The credit of the growth of women’s cricket in India has to go to the elite players who worked hard through so many years. A huge role goes to all the skippers who consciously inculcated the right mindset in the dressing room. 

Today, in this article by ZAP cricket we will share the list of all the captains of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team in all the three formats.

Smriti Mandhana takes over in 2026

On 6 October 2026, Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down as India captain after a historic leadership run that included the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup title. Smriti Mandhana was then appointed to lead the Indian Women's Cricket Team, with the BCCI explicitly confirming her as the full-time white-ball captain.

India Women's captains by format: historical timeline

Test captains

Shantha Rangaswamy, Nilima Jogalekar, Diana Edulji, Shubhangi Kulkarni, Sandhya Agarwal, Purnima Rau, Pramila Bhatt, Chanderkanta Kaul, Anjum Chopra, Mamtha Maben, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur have all led India in women's Test cricket across different eras.

ODI captains

India's ODI captains have included Diana Edulji, Shantha Rangaswamy, Shubhangi Kulkarni, Purnima Rau, Pramila Bhatt, Chanderkanta Kaul, Anju Jain, Anjum Chopra, Mamtha Maben, Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Rumeli Dhar, Harmanpreet Kaur and now Smriti Mandhana.

T20I captains

Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Anjum Chopra and Harmanpreet Kaur were among India's major T20I captains before Smriti Mandhana took over the current leadership role in 2026.

Current India Women's Captain

Smriti Mandhana is India's current women's captain as of October 2026. The leadership change followed Harmanpreet Kaur's decision to step down across formats while continuing as a player.

ZAP has removed the old live win-percentage tables because captaincy totals change after every series and quickly become stale. Historical names and leadership eras are more useful for an evergreen reference page.