Top women cricketers of all time

Diana Edulji (India)

Drawn to sports from an early age, the Mumbai-born former captain of the Indian women’s cricket team started off playing tennis ball cricket along with her elder sister Behroze, who also went on to play for the national side.

Diana excelled at both basketball and tennis, but focused her attention towards cricket after attending a camp conducted by former Test legend Lala Amarnath. She then went on to play for Railways before entering the national squad, becoming a successful slow left-arm orthodox spinner.

Her final tally of 120 wickets have made her the then-highest wicket-taker in the women’s format, and she also had the honour of captaining the side three years after forcing her way into it. The Grand Old Lady of Indian women’s cricket held several positions upon ending a 16-year career, and has been very vocal about what she perceives to be second-class treatment from the BCCI.

Nevertheless, Edulji still remains the greatest Indian women’s cricketer of all time.