After their gold medal-winning campaign at the Asian Games, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team will return to action with a rare bumper schedule of high-profile home games. First up, is a visit from Heather Knight’s England who will play three T20Is followed by a Test match.
Indian women will be playing a Test match at home for the first time in more than nine years.
Before that, they would look to kickstart their preparations for the T20 World Cup next year in Bangladesh against a strong English side which will be bolstered by the return of star spinner Sophie Ecclestone.
These assignments will be the first for Amol Muzumdar in his role as India’s new head coach. India were without a designated head coach since Ramesh Powar was moved out of the role in December last year, and had Hrishikesh Kanitkar overseeing things at this year’s World Cup and Asian Games in an interim role.
India have some new faces to pick from potentially, as Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque have been called up based on their impressive WPL campaigns.
All matches of this series, as well as the one after that featuring World Champions Australia, will be played in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The matches will be live on Sports 18 network in India.
India’s squad for 3 T20Is against England: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Mannat Kashyap, Saika Ishaque, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Pooja Vastrakar, Kanika Ahuja, Minnu Mani.
India’s squad for Tests against England (And also against Australia to follow immediately): Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Shubha Satheesh, Harleen Deol, Saika Ishaque, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar.
England’s squad for T20Is: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Mahika Gaur, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danielle Wyatt
England’s Test match: Heather Knight (c),Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danielle Wyatt
Schedule for India vs England:
1st T20I: Wed 06-Dec-23, 7:00 PM, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2nd T20I: Sat 09-Dec-23, 7:00 PM, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
3rd T20I: Sun 10-Dec-23, 7:00 PM, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
One-off four-day Test: 14-Dec-23 Sun to 17-Dec-23, 9:30 AM, TDY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
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