England is set to host India for a bilateral series comprising three T20Is, followed by as many ODIs. The first T20I is scheduled for September 10 at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street in Durham. While the Women in Blue will be led by their regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, the English side will be under Amy Jones’ captaincy. After the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, it was decided that cricketing activities would continue in respect of The Queen.

Natalie Sciver had been serving as the stand-in skipper ever since regular captain Heather Knight was ruled out of the international setup owing to her injury. But the all-rounder decided to pull out of the upcoming series to focus on her mental health and wellbeing, and as a result, Amy Jones has been named the captain for the T20Is.

Both the Indian team and Team England were last seen in action during the Commonwealth Games 2022 where India ended up as runners-up in the historical tournament, with Australia clinching the gold. England had lost their semi-final fixture to India and they ended up fighting for the bronze medal against New Zealand, but things did not go their way and they could not get a podium finish.


India has a very strong 17-member squad for the T20Is, and interestingly Kiran Navgire received her maiden international call-up. It would be interesting to see if the Nagaland player gets her debut cap. Renuka Thakur will be the player to look out for as she had the finest outing during her entire CWG 2022 campaign where she ended as the highest wicket-taker of the tournament.

As for England, Lauren Bell is likely to receive her T20I debut cap as she has been very impressive in white-ball cricket, especially in the league and franchise-based games. She rose to fame during the first season of The Hundred Women last year, and her consistent performances got her a place in England’s ODI and Test teams. She is backed with another good season of The Hundred and it would be i.