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The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of functional training on selected batting skills among women cricketers. To achieve this study, thirty women Cricket players have been randomly selected from University College of Engineering, BIT Campus, Anna University, - Tiruchirappalli-24, Tamilnadu, India. The age of subjects was ranged from 18 to 21 years. The past experience of the subject at least two years in cricket and represented for the college teams. The test was carried out on the basis of subjective rating (two skills in batting) was carried out on each participant. The subjects were randomly assigned into two groups of fifteen each, such as one experimental group and a control group. The experimental group participated functional training for 3 days a week, one session on every alternate day and for 12 weeks. Each session persisted up to 60 minutes excluding warm up and cool down. The control group carried out their daily routine activities and there was no special training was given to them. The subjects of the two groups were tested on selected variables, prior and immediately after the training period. The collected data were analysed statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance difference, if any between the groups. The 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance difference, if any between groups. The results of the study showed that there was significant level differences exist between Functional training group and control group. Functional training group showed significant improvement on batting when compared to control group.