India Women Tour Australia 2026-27 Fixtures Squads Broadcast

India women's tour of Australia 2026-27 is the headline fixture of the global women's calendar this cycle. Tests, ODIs and T20Is all in play, the prize being the chance to chase down Australia's long-running streak in their own backyard. With the World Cup at home behind them, India travel as a maturing side, and this tour is the truest measure of where they stand against the gold standard.

Tour calendar

The tour opens in Brisbane in late November and closes in Hobart in early January. India play a four-day day-night pink-ball Test, three ODIs and three T20Is, with a four-day warm-up against Australia A in Mackay built in before the Test. The order is unusual: the Test goes first, then ODIs, then T20Is. Cricket Australia's logic is to keep the Test in summer's start — cooler conditions, fresher pitches, and a clean broadcast slot that does not clash with the Big Bash men's playoffs.

Fixture list

The Test is at the Gabba, day-night pink ball, scheduled for late November. The ODI leg is a three-game sweep across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The T20I leg closes at Perth, the new Bellerive (Hobart) and the WACA. Travel days are tight in the white-ball legs — one between each match — which becomes a real factor for India's seam unit and for any player carrying a niggle into the back end of the trip.

India squad outlook

Harmanpreet Kaur captains, Smriti Mandhana opens, Jemimah Rodrigues anchors three, Richa Ghosh keeps. Deepti Sharma is the all-format spinner; Sneh Rana likely partners her in the Test. Renuka Singh leads the seam attack with Pooja Vastrakar back to full fitness after her shoulder issue, and Titas Sadhu adds the third-seamer pace option. The selection question is around Yastika Bhatia's second wicketkeeper slot for the Test and whether Shreyanka Patil makes the squad as the wrist-spin point of difference.

Australia W rivalry primer

Australia have not lost a home bilateral series to India in any format since 2008. The home record is 14 series unbeaten across formats. India came closest in 2021-22 when the multi-format points system went down to the final T20I. The deeper history is that India have won only one Test on Australian soil — the 1991 Patel-led tour win at Christchurch is in the wrong country, so technically it remains zero. That is the wall this generation gets to push against.

Key matchups to watch

Harmanpreet vs Beth Mooney is the contest of the tour. Mooney has scored at 71 against India in T20Is over the last two years, with a strike rate north of 130 in Australia. Harmanpreet's answer in the Brisbane Test will be how she sets the field to her once Mooney gets in: deep midwicket, third man, and then the long-on for the lofted check. The other matchup is Renuka Singh vs Alyssa Healy with the new pink ball. Renuka's late inswing under lights is exactly the delivery that has bowled Healy three times in the last 18 months, and Brisbane swings second hour.

Broadcast and ticket info

Star Sports holds the India linear rights through 2028; JioHotstar streams. Match start times are awkward for India: Test day starts 4:30am IST, white-ball matches 9:30am IST, the T20Is at 1:45pm IST. In Australia, Fox Cricket and Channel 7 share the rights, with all matches free-to-air for the first time after the women's broadcast push from Cricket Australia. Tickets are bundled via Ticketmaster; the Gabba Test offers a four-day pass at AUD 80 in the Vulture Street stand.

What India need to crack

Three things. First, the new-ball overs against Phoebe Litchfield and Mooney — Renuka must hit her lengths from ball one or this batting card runs away. Second, the middle-overs spin partnership: Deepti and Sneh have not bowled together in tandem in Australia since 2021, and the Adelaide ODI on a flat deck will be the audit. Third, the death overs with the bat — Richa Ghosh's ability to hit Megan Schutt in the 18-19 over window is, statistically, the swing factor in T20I scores. India have the pieces; the question is whether the team can stack three good days inside a Test or two clean finishes inside a series.

For deeper reading on the build-up and what came before, see our Australia women vs India women 2026 rivalry history deep dive, the Australia women tour India women 2026-27 bilateral day-1 preview, and the form analysis on Beth Mooney's Australia opener 2026 form and strike rate.

Closing thought

This tour is the one that decides whether India's women have closed the gap or whether the gap is still real but smaller. Australia at home, three formats, a generation of Indian players who came up through the WPL and not the State leagues. If India return with a series win in any format, the next World Cup conversation changes shape entirely. The tour is the audit; the cricket is the answer.