England Women vs India Women, ENG-W vs IND-W 2026, Today Match Prediction

ENGW vs IND-W Match Prediction & Analysis

Indian women are all set to travel to England for a 3-match T20I series. The first game of the series will be played at County Ground, Chelmsford, on 28th March from 11:00 pm IST. Last time, when India Women visited England, they came out with a 3-2 win over the hosts. 

Since the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024, England Women have played 17 T20Is, out of which they have won 10. They have a favorable record at home with 4 T20I series wins out of the last 5. They maintained 80% win record at home in these games. Their last victims were New Zealand women who lost the series by 2-1. Linsey Smith was awarded player of the series for her 6 wickets in 3 games.

After winning 5 T20I series in a row, India Women finally lost against South Africa Women in the last series. SA Women won the series 4-1. Deepti Sharma managed to take the number one spot in wicket-taking with 7 wickets in 5 games. India has added Radha Yadav & Nandani Sharma to the squad. Yadav comes with 89 games (103 wickets) of experience, while Nandani finished the recent WPL as the leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets in 10 games.

India Women had visited England Women back in 2025. They became the only traveling side to beat England Women in England since 2023. India Women triumphed the series by 3-2. Smriti Mandhana finished the series as the leading run-scorer with 221 runs, while Shree Charini led the bowling table with 10 wickets. In the last T20I between the two, India Women set a target of 168 runs for England Women, which they chased in the last ball with 5 wickets in hand. 

RECENT PERFORMANCE

ENGW

W L W W L

ENGW

81/3 in 13.5 5.86

ENG-W vs NZ-W 2026

England Women beat New Zealand Women by 7 wickets 25 May 2026

NZW

80/10 in 19.1 4.17

ENGW

156/6 in 20.0 7.8

ENG-W vs NZ-W 2026

New Zealand Women beat England Women by 14 runs 23 May 2026

NZW

170/5 in 20.0 8.5

ENGW

140/3 in 17.2 8.08

ENG-W vs NZ-W 2026

England Women beat New Zealand Women by 7 wickets 20 May 2026

NZW

136/7 in 20.0 6.8

ENGW

119/2 in 14.1 8.4

ENG-W vs IND-W

England Women won by 5 wickets 12 Jul 2025

IND-W

167/7 in 20.0 8.35

ENGW

126/7 in 20.0 6.3

ENG-W vs IND-W

India Women beat England Women by 6 wickets 09 Jul 2025

IND-W

127/4 in 17.0 7.47

IND-W

L W L L L

RSAW

155/6 in 20.0 7.75

SA-W vs IND-W 2026

South Africa Women beat India Women by 23 runs 27 Apr 2026

IND-W

132/8 in 20.0 6.6

RSAW

171/9 in 20.0 8.55

SA-W vs IND-W 2026

India Women won by 14 runs 25 Apr 2026

IND-W

185/5 in 20.0 9.25

RSAW

193/1 in 16.3 11.7

SA-W vs IND-W 2026

South Africa Women beat India Women by 9 wickets 22 Apr 2026

IND-W

192/4 in 20.0 9.6

RSAW

148/2 in 17.1 8.62

SA-W vs IND-W 2026

South Africa Women beat India Women by 8 wickets 19 Apr 2026

IND-W

147/10 in 20.0 7.35

RSAW

158/4 in 19.1 8.24

SA-W vs IND-W 2026

South Africa Women beat India Women by 6 wickets 17 Apr 2026

IND-W

157/7 in 20.0 7.85

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Women Preview

The England Women's have recently won the T20I series against New Zealand Women. The 3-match series was settled with England Women taking 2 wins. Charlie Dean and Dani Gibson picked up 3 wickets each in the last game to restrict New Zealand Women to 80. England then managed to win the game wth 7 wickets in hand. 

Sophia Dunkley will open the innings with Danni Wyatt-Hodge. Dunkley scored 22 in the last game. She has 500 runs in 20 games since the last T20 World Cup. Against India, she has 151 runs in the last 5 games. She and Danni Wyatt-Hodge had put up a 101-run partnership for the first wicket in their last game against India Women. Danni is their leading run-scorer since the last World Cup. She has 609 runs in 22 games with 7 half-centuries. Maia Bouchier will come in at number three. Boucher scored 19 off 29 in the last game. Against India Women, she has just 54 runs in 6 games.

Nat Sciver-Brunt is returning to the squad as captain. She will come in the middle with Sophie Ecclestone, Heather Knight, and Freya Kemp. Sciver-Brunt has 538 runs in the last 20 games. Against India, she has 547 runs in 20 games with 6 half-centuries. She will be the batter to watch out for. Knight scored 19 in the last game. Last year, she scored 210 runs in 5 games at a strike rate of 140.

Ecclestone will lead the bowling attack with Lauren Bell, Charlie Dean, and Sciver-Brunt. Dean is their leading wicket-taker since the last World Cup. She has 33 wickets in 23 games. She had picked up 3 in the last game. She will be the bowler to watch out for. Bell and Ecclestone have 25 wickets each over the last 2 years. The bowling unit had picked up 22 wickets in the last 3 games for England Women.

Key Players: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley.

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Dani Gibson, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

England Women Actual Playing XI:

Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Charlie Dean, Danielle Gibson, Freya Kemp, Amy Jones, Lauren Bell, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophie Ecclestone, Issy Wong

India Women Preview

After 4 consecutive series wins, the Indian side finally lost their last series by 4-1 against South Africa Women. This will be their last chance before they head to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Smriti Mandhana will open the innings with Shafali Verma. Mandhana has 1073 runs in the last 30 games since 2024, with a century and 10 half-centuries. She was the leading run-scorer with 221 runs in India's last visit to England. She will be the batter to watch out for. 

Verma also has 984 runs in the last 30 games with a strike rate of 145 - the second highest among the batters. She had scored 75 in India’s last game against England Women. Jemimah Rodrigues will come in at number three. Rodrigues scored 82 at a strike rate of 122 in the last 5 games. Harmanpreet Kaur will come in the middle with Harleen Deol and Richa Ghosh. Kaur was the top run-scorer for India against SA Women with 169 runs. Richa Ghosh will be speeding up the runs in the middle. She has a strike rate of 157 since 2024.

Arundhati Reddy will lead the bowling attack with Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani,  and Renuka Singh. Reddy was the leading wicket-taker in Australia with 8 wickets in 3 games. Shree Charani has now picked up 5 wickets each in the last two series. Deepti Sharma finished the last series as the leading wicket-taker with 7 wickets. She will be the bowler to watch out for.  Nandani Sharma might get a chance after finishing the WPL as the leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets.

Key Players: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Sree Charani

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-capt), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Shreyanka Patil.

India Women Actual Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Nandani Sharma, N Shree Charani

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather in Chelmsford is expected to be partly sunny on match day, with temperatures ranging from 21 to 28 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 6-10 km/h. 

ENGW vs IND-W Pitch Report

The match will be played at County Ground, Chelmsford, on 28th March from 11:00 pm IST. The average first innings score is 137, 16 more than the second innings. Only once have 200 runs been crossed in a Women's T20 game at Chelmsford. Nat Sciver-Brunt has 187 runs and 6 wickets in 10 games played at this venue.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams bowling first have won 8 out of the last 13 T20Is. The team winning the toss should bowl first. 8 of England’s 12 wins have come while chasing the target at Chelmsford.