India women's national cricket team

India
Nickname(s)Women in Blue
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
CaptainHarmanpreet Kaur
CoachAmol Muzumdar
Batting coachAmol Muzumdar
Bowling coachAavishkar Salvi
Fielding coachMunish Bali
History
Test status acquired1976
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member (1926)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WODI 3rd 2nd (1 May 2020)
WT20I 3rd 3rd (15 Nov 2019)
Women's Tests
First WTestv  West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 31 October – 2 November 1976
Last WTestv  South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; 28 June–1 July 2024
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 41 8/6
(27 draws)
This year[3] 1 1/0 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 1 January 1978
Last WODIv  New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad; 29 October 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 313 170/137
(2 ties, 4 no result)
This year[5] 7 5/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup appearances10 (first in 1978)
Best result Runners-up
(2005, 2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  England at the County Cricket Ground, Derby; 5 August 2006
Last WT20Iv  Australia at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah; 13 October 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 196 106/83
(1 tie, 6 no results)
This year[7] 20 13/6
(0 ties, 1 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances8 (first in 2009)
Best result Runners-up
(2020)
Official websitebcci.tv

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 29 October 2024

The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, represents India in women's international cricket.[8] It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Women's Test, Women's One Day International, and Women's Twenty20 International status.

The team has played 41 Test matches, winning 8, losing 6, 27 draw and 0 tie. They played their first international match on 31 October 1976 in a Test against the West Indies at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

The team has played 313 ODI matches, winning 170, losing 137, tying 2 and with 4 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked fourth in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 104 rating points. India has reached the Cricket World Cup final on two occasions, losing to Australia by 98 runs in 2005 and losing to England by 9 runs in 2017. They have won the ODI Asia Cup 4 times in 2004, 2005-06, 2006, 2008.

The team has played 196 T20I matches, winning 106, losing 83, tying 1 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of June 2024, India is ranked third in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings on 263 rating points. India has reached the finals of the T20 World Cup once, losing to Australia by 85 runs in 2020. They have won the T20I Asia Cup 3 times in 2012, 2016, 2022. In addition, they have won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, and a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

History

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Eight female cricketers stand on a field. Two players are in red practice jerseys; three other players in red jerseys are facing toward them; a player in a blue shirt is facing away and hides another player in a blue game shirt. In the upper left corner is a fan with an Indian flag.
Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women's Cricket World Cup game in Sydney

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[9] It was played and adopted by Kolis of Gujarat because they were sea pirates and outlaws who always looted the British ships, so the East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful.[10][11][12] The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877.[13] In 1911, an Indian men's cricket team was formed and toured England, where they played English county teams.[14] The India men's team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[15] The first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934.[16]

Women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) was formed in 1973.[17] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[18] India recorded its first-ever Test win in November 1978 against West Indies under Shantha Rangaswamy's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna.[19][20]

Indian Batter at Cricket World Cup 2010
Mithali Raj, Captain of India Women's cricket team

The WCAI, the governing body for women's cricket, was affiliated to the International Women's Cricket Council. As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006/07.[21]

In 2021, the BCCI announced that Ramesh Powar would become the Head Coach of the Indian Women's Cricket Team.[22][23] In 2022, Indian Women script history by winning 1st series on England soil in 23 years.[24]

Governing body

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1928 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006 to 2010 for US$612,000,000.[25] It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program.

Selection Committee

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On 26 September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of All-India Women's Selection Committee.[26] Neetu David, former left-arm spinner, heads the five-member selection committee.[26]

Team colours

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Sponsorship for ICC tournaments
Tournament Kit manufacturer Sleeve sponsor
1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
1978 Women's Cricket World Cup
1982 Hansells Vita Fresh World Cup
1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup
1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
1997 Hero Honda Women's World Cup Wills
2000 ESPNcricinfo Women's Cricket World Cup
2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Sahara
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Nike
2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup
2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Star India
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Oppo
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup BYJU'S
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup MPL Sports
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Kit sponsorship history
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1993 – 1996 Wills
1999 – 2001
2001 – 2002
2002 – 2003 Sahara
2003 – 2005
2005 – 2013 Nike
2014 – 2017 Star India
2017 – 2019 Oppo
2019 – 2020 BYJU'S
2020 – 2023 MPL Sports
2023 – 2028 Adidas Dream11

Sponsorship

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Current Sponsors & Partners
Team sponsor Dream11
Title sponsor IDFC First Bank
Kit sponsor Adidas
Official partner SBI Life
Official broadcaster Viacom18
(Sports18 & JioCinema)

The current sponsor of the team is Dream11 from July 2023. The team was sponsored by Byju's from September 2019 to March 2023.[27] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022, but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019.[28] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[29] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005,[30] with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[31] and 2016[32] respectively. Nike ended its contract in September 2020[33] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020.[34][35][36]

On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the Expression of Interest process for Official partners’ Rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. have acquired the Official partners' Rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019–23.[37]

Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015[38] and extended the same in 2019[39] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.[40][41]

International grounds

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Forthcoming fixtures

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The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India in international cricket:[42][43]

Bilateral series and tours
Date Against H/A/N Results [Matches]
Test WODI WT20I
April 2024  Bangladesh Away - - 5-0 [5]
June 2024  South Africa Home 1-0 [1] 3-0 [3] 1-1 [3]
October 2024  New Zealand Home - 2-1 [3] -
December 2024  Australia Away - [3] -
Multiteam series and tournaments
Date Series Format Position Results [Matches]
September 2023 China 2022 Asian Games WT20I 1st 2-0 [3]
July 2024 Sri Lanka 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup WT20I 2nd 4-1 [5]
September 2024 Bangladesh 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup WT20I Group Stage 2-2 [4]

Captains

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Current squad

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This lists all the active players who played for India in the last 12 months or were named in the recent ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated on 29 October 2024

Key
Symbol Meaning
S/N Shirt number of the player in all formats
Format Denotes the player's playing format
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Batters
Smriti Mandhana 28 Left-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra Test, ODI & T20I (Vice-captain) 18
Jemimah Rodrigues 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break Mumbai Test, ODI & T20I 5
Harmanpreet Kaur 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break Punjab Test, ODI & T20I (Captain) 7
Shafali Verma 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break Haryana Test, ODI & T20I 17
Shubha Satheesh 25 Left-handed Right-arm medium Karnataka Test 43
Tejal Hasabnis 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break Maharashtra ODI 23
Priya Punia 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium Delhi Test 16
All-rounders
Deepti Sharma 27 Left-handed Right-arm off break Bengal Test, ODI & T20I 6
Pooja Vastrakar 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium Madhya Pradesh Test, ODI & T20I 34
Amanjot Kaur 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium Punjab ODI 30
Arundhati Reddy 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium Kerala Test, ODI & T20I 20
Dayalan Hemalatha 30 Left-handed Right-arm off break Railways ODI & T20I 29
Sajeevan Sajana 29 Right-handed Right-arm off break Kerala T20I 44
Shabnam Shakil 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium Andhra Test
Wicket-keepers
Richa Ghosh 21 Right-handed Bengal Test, ODI & T20I 13
Yastika Bhatia 24 Left-handed Baroda ODI & T20I 11
Uma Chetry 22 Right-handed Assam Test & ODI 55
Spin Bowlers
Sneh Rana 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break Railways Test 2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 33 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Railways Test 1
Radha Yadav 24 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Baroda ODI & T20I 21
Shreyanka Patil 22 Right-handed Right-arm off break Karnataka ODI & T20I 31
Asha Sobhana 33 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Kerala T20I 4
Priya Mishra 20 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Delhi ODI 12
Saika Ishaque 29 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Bengal Test 35
Pace Bowlers
Renuka Singh Thakur 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Railways Test, ODI & T20I 10
Saima Thakor 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium Mumbai ODI 8
Meghna Singh 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium Railways Test 16
Sayali Satghare 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium Mumbai ODI
Match fees

Players also receive a match fee of 15 lakh (US$18,000) per Test match, 6 lakh (US$7,200) per ODI, and 3 lakh (US$3,600) per T20I. The BCCI adopted a pay equity policy in match fees for men's and women's teams on 27 October 2022.[44]

Coaching staff

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  • Head Coach & batting coach – Amol Muzumdar
  • Fielding coach: Munish Bali
  • Bowling Coach: Aavishkar Salvi
  • Nets Trainers – Tanveer Shukla, Sourav Tyagi, Utkarsh Singh, Akhil S Prasad
  • Physiotherapist – Mitra Amin
  • Fitness Trainer – Radha Krishnaswamy
  • Analyst – Devraj Raut

Tournament history

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ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
England 1973 Did not participate
India 1978 Group Stage 4/4 3 0 3 0 0
New Zealand 1982 Group Stage 4/5 12 4 8 0 0
Australia 1988 Did not participate
England 1993 Group Stage 4/8 7 4 3 0 0
India 1997 Semi-finals 4/11 6 3 1 1 1
New Zealand 2000 Semi-finals 3/8 8 5 3 0 0
South Africa 2005 Runners-up 2/8 9 5 2 0 2
Australia 2009 Super 6s 3/6 7 5 2 0 0
India 2013 Group Stage 7/8 4 2 2 0 0
England 2017 Runners-up 2/8 9 6 3 0 0
New Zealand 2022 Group Stage 5/8 7 3 4 0 0
India 2025
Total 10/12 0 titles 72 37 31 1 3

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

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T20 World Cup record
Year Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
England 2009 Semi-finalists 4 2 2 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2010 Semi-finalists 4 2 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2012 Group Stage 4 1 3 0 0
Bangladesh 2014 Group Stage 5 3 2 0 0
India 2016 Group Stage 4 1 3 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2018 Semi-finalists 5 4 1 0 0
Australia 2020 Runners-up 6 4 1 0 1
South Africa 2023 Semi-finalists 5 3 2 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2024 Group Stage 4 2 2 0 0
England 2026
Total 0 titles 41 22 18 0 1

ICC Women's Championship

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Women's Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L D T NR
2014-16 Group Stage[a] 5/8 21 9 11 0 0 1
2017-20 Group Stage[b] 4/8 21 10 8 0 0 3
2022-25 Group Stage[c] /10
Total 3/3 0 titles 42 19 19 0 0 4

ACC Women's Asia Cup

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Asia Cup record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
Sri Lanka 2004 Champions 1/2 5 5 0 0 0
Pakistan 2005–06 Champions 1/3 5 5 0 0 0
India 2006 Champions 1/3 5 5 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 2008 Champions 1/4 7 7 0 0 0
China 2012 Champions 1/8 4 4 0 0 0
Thailand 2016 Champions 1/6 6 6 0 0 0
Malaysia 2018 Runners-up 2/6 6 4 2 0 0
Bangladesh 2022 Champions 1/7 8 7 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2024 Runners-up 2/8 5 4 1 0 0
Total 9/9 7 titles 51 47 4 0 0

Other tournaments

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Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2022 Silver medal 2/8 5 3 2 0 0
Total 0 Title 1/1 5 3 2 0 0

Asian Games

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Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
China 2010 Did not participate
South Korea 2014 Did not participate
China 2022 Gold medal 1/9 3 2 0 0 1
Total 1 Title 1/3 3 2 0 0 1

Honours

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ICC

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ACC

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Other

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Statistics

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Test cricket

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India women Test cricket record by opponent
Opponent M W L D Win% Loss% Draw% First Last
 Australia 11 1 4 6 9.09 36.36 54.55 1977 2023
 England 15 3 1 11 20.00 6.67 73.33 1986 2023
 New Zealand 6 0 0 6 0.00 0.00 100.00 1977 2003
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 100.00 0.00 0.00 2002 2024
 West Indies 6 1 1 4 16.66 16.66 66.66 1976 1976
Total 41 8 6 27 19.51 14.63 65.85 1976 2024
Statistics are correct as of  South Africa Women v  India Women at Chennai as of Jul 01, 2024.

Most Test runs for India[45]

Player Runs Average
Sandhya Agarwal 1,110 50.45
Shanta Rangaswamy 750 32.60
Shubhangi Kulkarni 700 23.33
Mithali Raj 699 43.68
Smriti Mandhana 629 57.18
Gargi Banerji 614 27.90
Sudha Shah 601 18.78
Shafali Verma 567 63.00
Anjum Chopra 548 30.44
Hemlata Kala 503 50.30

Most Test wickets for India[46]

Player Wickets Average
Diana Edulji 63 25.77
Shubhangi Kulkarni 60 27.45
Jhulan Goswami 44 17.36
Neetu David 41 18.90
Shashi Gupta 25 31.28
Sneh Rana 23 20.95
Shanta Rangaswamy 21 31.61
Deepti Sharma 20 18.10
Sharmila Chakraborty 19 22.10
Purnima Rau 15 21.26

Players in bold text are still active with India.

One Day Internationals

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India women One Day International record by opponent
Opponent M W L T NR Win% First Last
 Australia 53 10 43 0 0 20.00 1978 2024
 Bangladesh 8 6 1 1 0 75.00 2013 2023
 Denmark 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1993 1993
 England 76 34 40 0 2 45.94 1978 2022
 International XI 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 1982 1982
 Ireland 12 12 0 0 0 100.00 1993 2017
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 1993 2000
 New Zealand 57 22 34 1 0 39.48 1978 2022
 Pakistan 11 11 0 0 0 100.00 2005 2022
 South Africa 31 18 12 0 1 58 06 1997 2024
 Sri Lanka 32 29 2 0 1 90.66 2000 2022
 West Indies 26 21 5 0 0 80.76 1993 2022
Total 313 170 137 2 4 55.33 1978 2024
Statistics are correct as of November 2024.

Most ODI runs for India[47]

Player Runs Average
Mithali Raj 7,805 50.68
Smriti Mandhana 3,585 45.37
Harmanpreet Kaur 3,565 37.52
Anjum Chopra 2,856 31.38
Punam Raut 2,299 34.83
Jaya Sharma 2,091 30.75
Deepti Sharma 2,019 35.42
Anju Jain 1,729 29.81
Jhulan Goswami 1,228 14.61
Hemlata Kala 1,023 20.87

Most ODI wickets for India[48]

Player Wickets Average
Jhulan Goswami 255 22.04
Neetu David 141 16.34
Deepti Sharma 106 28.67
Nooshin Al Khadeer 100 24.02
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 99 20.79
Ekta Bisht 98 21.83
Amita Sharma 87 35.52
Poonam Yadav 80 25.15
Shikha Pandey 75 21.92
Gouher Sultana 66 19.39

Players in bold text are still active with India.

Twenty20 Internationals

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India women Twenty20 International record by opponent
Opponent M W L T Tie+W Tie+L NR Win% First Last
 Australia 35 7 26 0 1 0 1 20.00 2008 2024
 Bangladesh 23 20 3 0 0 0 0 86.95 2013 2024
 Barbados 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 2022 2022
 England 30 8 22 0 0 0 0 26.66 2006 2023
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 2018 2023
 Malaysia 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 66.67 2018 2023
   Nepal 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2024 2024
 New Zealand 14 4 10 0 0 0 0 28.57 2009 2024
 Pakistan 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 81.25 2009 2024
 South Africa 19 10 6 0 0 0 3 52.63 2014 2024
 Sri Lanka 26 20 5 0 0 0 1 76.92 2009 2024
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 100 2018 2022
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 100 2022 2023
 West Indies 21 13 8 0 0 0 0 61.90 2011 2023
Total 196 106 83 0 1 0 6 54.08 2006 2024
Statistics are correct as of  India Women v  Australia at Sharjah, 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, October 06 2024.

Most WT20I runs for India[50]

Player Runs Average
Harmanpreet Kaur 3,576 29.07
Smriti Mandhana 3,568 28.54
Mithali Raj 2,364 37.52
Jemimah Rodrigues 2,142 29.75
Shafali Verma 2,045 25.56
Deepti Sharma 1,069 23.75
Richa Ghosh 879 26.63
Veda Krishnamurthy 875 18.61
Punam Raut 719 27.65
Jhulan Goswami 405 10.94

Most WT20I wickets for India[51]

Player Wickets Average
Deepti Sharma 135 18.99
Poonam Yadav 98 15.25
Radha Yadav 91 19.56
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 61 19.13
Pooja Vastrakar 58 21.41
Renuka Singh 57 20.89
Jhulan Goswami 56 21.94
Ekta Bisht 53 14.71
Anuja Patil 48 21.00
Shikha Pandey 43 26.16

Players in bold text are still active with India.

• Highest team total: 201/5 v UAE, 21 July 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka

• Highest individual score: 103, Harmanpreet Kaur v New Zealand, 9 November 2018 at Providence Stadium, Guyana

• Best innings bowling: 5/11, Jhulan Goswami v Australia, 23 March 2012 at ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Individual records

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See also

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Explanatory note

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