Australia Women Tour India Women 2026-27: Day-1 Preview

If you're tuning in for Australia Women's 2026-27 tour of India, the Day-1 opener is a T20I at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, with toss at 18:30 IST and first ball at 19:00 IST. JioHotstar carries every fixture in India; Fox Cricket and Kayo carry it in Australia. Mumbai in late November plays true with quick boundary returns and dew kicking in by the second innings — chasing has won 7 of the last 10 women's T20Is at the venue. Here's the Day-1 read.

Multi-Format Tour Fixture Grid

Australia's tour runs three T20Is, three ODIs and one Test across 24 days.

Game	Format	Venue	Local IST	AEDT
1st T20I	T20I	Wankhede, Mumbai	19:00	00:30 D+1
2nd T20I	T20I	Holkar Stadium, Indore	19:00	00:30 D+1
3rd T20I	T20I	DY Patil, Navi Mumbai	19:00	00:30 D+1
1st ODI	ODI	Rajkot	13:30	19:00
2nd ODI	ODI	Vadodara	13:30	19:00
3rd ODI	ODI	Bengaluru	13:30	19:00
Test	4-day Test	Bengaluru	09:30	15:00

The Test slot is a one-off, four-day pink-ball day-night fixture under the new BCCI women's Test policy.

Wankhede Pitch Read for Women's T20I

Stat	Value (last 6 women's T20Is at Wankhede)
Avg first-innings score	158
Avg second-innings winning score	162
Win % batting first	33%
Win % bowling first	67%
Avg PP1 score	47
Avg PP1 wickets lost	1.2

Wankhede typically has dew from over 10 of the second innings; spin-friendly until that point.

India Women Probable XI (subject to fitness)

No.	Player	Role
1	Smriti Mandhana	Opener
2	Shafali Verma	Opener
3	Jemimah Rodrigues	Top-order
4	Harmanpreet Kaur (c)	Middle-order
5	Richa Ghosh (wk)	Wicketkeeper
6	Deepti Sharma	All-rounder
7	Pooja Vastrakar	All-rounder
8	Radha Yadav	Spinner
9	Sneh Rana	Spinner
10	Renuka Singh	Pace
11	Titas Sadhu	Pace

India is the home favourite and has won 4 of the last 6 women's T20Is at Wankhede.

Australia Women Probable XI (subject to fitness)

No.	Player	Role
1	Phoebe Litchfield	Opener
2	Beth Mooney (wk)	Opener
3	Tahlia McGrath	Top-order
4	Ellyse Perry	All-rounder
5	Annabel Sutherland	All-rounder
6	Ashleigh Gardner (c)	All-rounder
7	Grace Harris	Middle-order
8	Georgia Wareham	Spinner
9	Megan Schutt	Pace
10	Alana King	Spinner
11	Darcie Brown	Pace

Healy has not toured; Mooney inherits the gloves. Gardner takes the captaincy on this leg.

Head-to-Head: India Women vs Australia Women in T20I

Tournament	Result	Top scorer
T20 WC 2024 SF	AUS won by 21 runs	Beth Mooney 65
AUS Women tour IND 2024	AUS won 2-1	Smriti Mandhana series 187
IND Women tour AUS 2024-25	AUS won 2-1	Phoebe Litchfield series 152
AUS Women tour IND 2025-26	IND won 2-1	Harmanpreet Kaur series 186

The Australia women lead the all-time T20I head-to-head 24-13 over India women, but India has tightened the gap dramatically since 2023.

Broadcast Grid

Region	TV	Streaming	First-ball local time
India	Sports18 / Star Sports	JioHotstar	19:00 IST
Australia	Fox Cricket	Kayo	00:30 AEDT (D+1)
UK	Sky Sports Cricket	Sky Go / NOW	13:30 GMT
USA	Willow TV	Willow App	08:30 ET
South Africa	SuperSport	DStv Stream	15:30 SAST
New Zealand	Sky Sport NZ	Sky Sport Now	02:30 NZDT (D+1)
Bangladesh	T Sports	T Sports App	19:30 BST

JioHotstar India: women's tour content in the standard mobile pack; INR 149 / month.

Tickets and Venue Access

Wankhede Stadium has approximately 33,000 capacity. Tickets are sold via the MCA portal.

Tier	Price (INR)	What you get
Premium hospitality	8,000	Lounge, meal, waiter
Premier reserved	1,500	Sachin Tendulkar Stand
Lower stand	800	North Stand
General	400	Open terraces
Children under 12	Free with parent	All tiers

Public sale typically opens 14-21 days before the fixture for women's bilateral games. Wankhede gates open 90 minutes before first ball.

What to Watch

• Mandhana's left-hand top of the order against the new ball pair Schutt and Brown.
• Harmanpreet's middle-overs anchor — she averaged 38.6 in this fixture in 2025-26.
• Australia's twin-spin attack of Gardner and King vs the Indian middle order.
• Renuka Singh's swing under lights in the second innings.

Weather Window

Mumbai in late November: 26-28°C evening, 75% humidity, dew from 21:00 IST. No rain forecast.

For broader context, see the India Women tour Australia 2026-27 multi-format fixtures broadcast, the India vs Bangladesh women bilateral 2026 T20I recap Harmanpreet, and the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 India host complete preview.

Quick FAQ

Are the women's T20Is broadcast in HD? Yes — Sports18 / Star Sports and JioHotstar carry HD.

Tickets at the gate? Yes for women's tour fixtures, typically with availability up to first ball.

Will the Test be pink-ball? Yes — BCCI has confirmed pink-ball day-night for the one-off Test in Bengaluru.

Are children admitted free? Children under 12 with a parent are admitted free at most tiers; check MCA portal for the specific Wankhede policy.