| 1. Diana Edulji does not smoke. |
| 2. It is not known if Diana Edulji drinks alcohol. |
| 3. She showed an interest in sports from a young age. |
| 4. Initially, she played basketball and table tennis at the junior national level, then transitioned to cricket. |
| 5. After impressing at a cricket camp by Lala Amarnath, she played for Railways and later the Indian national cricket team. |
| 6. Diana is a former India captain who played from 1976 to 1993, featuring in 20 Tests and 34 ODIs. |
| 7. During her international career, she lost four front teeth while playing for India. |
| 8. Post-retirement, she served as a senior sports officer in Western Railway and held roles in BCCI's women's committee. |
| 9. Diana was the Indian women's team manager in 2009 and was the first woman cricketer to receive the Arjuna award (1983) and Padma Shri (2002). |
| 10. She was part of the Supreme Court-appointed panel to oversee BCCI affairs in 2017, along with Vinod Rai, Vikram Limaye, and Ramachandra Guha. |
| 11. Diana Edulji was honored in the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on 13 November 2023, the first Indian woman cricketer to achieve this milestone. |
| 12. She captained India in the 1978 and 1993 Women's Cricket World Cups. |
| 13. In 1986, while captaining India in England, she was refused entry to the Lord's Pavilion and quipped that the MCC should change its name to MCP for 'male chauvinist pigs'. |
| 14. She convinced the Railways Minister in 1984 to field a women's cricket team, leading Railways to become the most successful side in Indian women's cricket with 11 national titles. |
| 15. She was the first woman appointed to the BCCI selection panel. |
| 16. She was a right-handed batter and slow left-arm bowler. |
| 17. Only two women have taken more Test wickets than her in cricket history. |
