ENG-W vs IND-W Match Prediction, Toss Update, Pitch Report, Weather & Playing XI

England Women will host India women in the opening match of the T20I series on Thursday. England Women beat New Zealand women 2-1 recently in their previous series. While India Women's team are coming off a series loss to South Africa. With the Women's T20 World Cup set to begin in a few weeks time this is a crucial series for both these teams and promises to be a highly competitive game. England Women will start as slight favourites especially since they are playing at home but we could be in for a thriller at this venue.

Match Details	Information
Match	England Women vs India Women, 1st T20I
Series	India Women tour of England 2026
Venue	County Ground
Date & Time	28 May 2026
Format	Women’s T20 International

ENG-W vs IND-W Head-to-Head Records in T20 Cricket

Head-to-Head Record	Stats
Total Matches Played	35
England Women Wins	24
India Women Wins	11
No Result	0

ENGW vs INDW Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches	Form
England Women	L • W • W • L • W	Good
India Women	L • L • L • W • L	Poor

ENG W vs IND W County Ground Pitch Report

The surface at County Ground will be good for batting. There will be some help for pacers early on but overall with shorter boundaries we can expect a high scoring encounter between these two sides. The average score at this venue will be around 180 mark and both sides will be looking to get that.

ENG W vs IND W Match Weather Forecast

Time (IST)	Weather	Temperature	Rain Chance
11:00 PM	Partly Cloudy	18°C	Low
12:00 AM	Mostly Clear	17°C	Very Low
1:00 AM	Cloudy	16°C	Slight
2:00 AM	Cloudy	15°C	Slight
3:00 AM	Cool	14°C	Low

ENG-W vs IND-W Probable playing 11

England Women: HC Knight, AE Jones (wk), SIR Dunkley, CE Dean (C), LK Bell, S Ecclestone, ME Bouchier, DR Gibson, Alice Capsey, Issy Wong, LCN Smith

India Women: Richa Ghosh (wk), JI Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, S Mandhana, H Kaur (C), DB Sharma, A Reddy, Radha Yadav, K Goud, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil

ENG-W vs IND-W Squad - India Women tour of England 2026

England Women: Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Amy Jones (wk), Danielle Gibson, Charlotte Dean (c), Issy Wong, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophie Ecclestone.

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Radha Yadav, Yastika Bhatia, Bharti Fulmali, Nandni Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud.

ENG-W vs IND-W Toss Prediction

England Women Charlie Dean is expected to win this toss and she is likely to bowl first.

This decision will be made keeping in mind that this is a high scoring venue and both teams will prefer chasing and have a better idea on how the surface is playing in the second innings.

ENG-W vs IND- W Match Prediction

Prediction Category	Prediction
Toss Winner	India Women
Match Winner	England Women

If India Women win the toss and bat first, they are expected to score around 50–60 runs in the powerplay. With their strong batting lineup, India Women could post a total close to 180 runs in the match.

On the other hand, if England Women win the toss and decide to bat first, they may score around 40–50 runs during the powerplay. England Women are expected to finish with a total between 170 and 180 runs.