ICC Women's World Cup 2009 - Teams

India - Team Profile

India showed it is still one of the favourites for the ICC Women's World Cup 2009 when it easily won the Asia Cup in May 2008.

Mithali Raj, who passed 3,000 ODI runs during the Asia Cup last year, has established herself as one of the leading performers in world cricket and is expected to be one of the top run scorers at the event.

Jhulan Goswami, the ICC Women's Player of the Year in 2007, is one of the most fearsome fast bowlers in the world and will hoping to build upon her growing reputation for delivering match-winning spells, especially now she has the added responsibility of being captain.

A number of the squad, including Raj and Goswami, were part of the India side that experienced defeat in the 2005 event and will be determined to make up for the past.

India has yet to win the Women's World Cup and will be hoping to emulate its male counterparts who have enjoyed success at both the ICC World Twenty20 2007 and the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2008.

A 4-0 series defeat to England in September 2008 and a 5-0 loss to Australia was a blow to the side's hopes but it remains one of the key contenders in the competition.