England Women Tour India September 2026 Fixtures — Decoded

England Women tour India in September 2026 for five T20Is and three ODIs. The tour runs September 5 to September 22. This is the immediate pre-Women's T20 World Cup 2026 build-up for both sides. The Women's WC 2026 starts September 26 with India hosting. England prep at the same venues. Here is the schedule decode.

Tour schedule

Five T20Is on September 5 (Mumbai BKC), September 7 (Bengaluru), September 9 (Visakhapatnam), September 11 (Pune), September 13 (Indore). Three ODIs on September 17 (Mullanpur), September 20 (Lucknow), September 22 (Pune). The T20I venues mirror two of the four WC 2026 host cities.

India Women's playing XI

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma. No. 3 Jemimah Rodrigues. Harmanpreet at four. Richa Ghosh at five (wicketkeeper). Deepti Sharma at six. Sneh Rana at seven. Pace Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar. Spin Shreyanka Patil. India plays 4-1-6 at home.

England Women's playing XI

Captain Heather Knight. Openers Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont. No. 3 Knight. Nat Sciver-Brunt at four. Sophia Dunkley at five. Amy Jones at six (wicketkeeper). Charlie Dean at seven. Pace Lauren Bell, Mahika Gaur. Spin Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn.

Mumbai BKC T20I 1 pitch

Mumbai BKC in early September is the pre-monsoon window with light residual moisture. First-innings T20I totals are 180-200. The pitch favours spin from over 10. Dew at night makes bowling second harder. India will start the home WC build-up at this venue.

Pre-Women's WC 2026 build-up

The five T20Is are the dress rehearsal for the World Cup 2026 which starts September 26. Both sides will use the series to lock the 15-man squad. Watch the form curves of Mandhana (opener), Richa Ghosh (No. 5), Renuka Singh (new ball), and on the England side, Nat Sciver-Brunt's top-order and Sophie Ecclestone's middle-overs spin.

India-W selection stakes

The No. 3 slot is open. Jemimah Rodrigues vs Yastika Bhatia. The second spinner is open. Sneh Rana vs Radha Yadav vs Shreyanka Patil. The death seamer is open. Renuka Singh vs Pooja Vastrakar vs Titas Sadhu. All three slots get tested in this series.

England-W selection stakes

The No. 3 slot is settled (Knight). The opener pair is open. Bouchier vs Beaumont vs Danielle Wyatt-Hodge. The death seamer is open. Lauren Bell vs Mahika Gaur vs Lauren Filer. The spin pair is open. Ecclestone is locked. Glenn vs Charlie Dean is the second-spinner debate.

Broadcast deal

JioHotstar holds Indian rights. Sky Sports for UK. Star Sports prime time for the Indian audience. Free streaming on the JioHotstar app. The T20Is start at 7:00 PM IST.

Key match-ups

Smriti Mandhana vs Lauren Bell — Bell's 130-135kph swing vs Mandhana's elegant left-hand top order. Sophie Ecclestone vs Harmanpreet Kaur — left-arm orthodox vs the captain's sweep. Renuka Singh vs Tammy Beaumont — late swing vs the senior opener.

What to watch next: ENG-W vs IND-W T20I 1 Mumbai September 5 and the Women's T20 WC 2026 squad lock-in.

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