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ENG W vs IND W | 1st ODI: After Test success, India Women begin preparatory journey to World Cup 2022

Abhishek Singh

The Indian Women’s team comeback draw in one-off Tests at Bristol last week was dreamy and unbelievable in a way that it pumped the entire unit. The fact that heroes of that comeback were previously unheard of made it even more surreal. Sneh Rana and Taniya Bhatia shone in the one-off Tests to frustrate the English side. 

The two teams would meet in Bristol once again but with a change in the format of the game. With the first of the three ODIs being played on Sunday, June 27. Both the teams, Finalists from the last ODI World Cup in 2017, would look to strengthen their teams by testing all sorts of combinations in the penultimate year for the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand. 

This test of the bench strength and finding of the right combinations forms the basis of the series as two equally poised opponents take on each other. The head to head record of the teams are even as well with English Women winning 37 and India Women 30 out of the 67 completed games while two games ended in no results. As far as recent results are concerned, India lead 4-2 in the last six completed ODI games.

But those games were played in India, the Indian team whoever would be looking to avenge their narrow 9 runs ODI World Cup Final loss in Lord’s in 2017 when the two teams last met in an ODI in England. 

England Women vs India Women: Match Details

Date and Time: June 27, 2021, 03:00 pm IST, 09: am GMT, 10:30 am Local

Venue: County Ground, Bristol

Live Stream and Broadcast: SONY LIV and Sony Sports Network

Pitch Report

As was evident in the Tets match, the Bristol ground does offer some swing early on and if pitched in the right areas and given a lot of revolutions, the bowl would turn as well, later on in the day. Run scoring is not a problem on the ground if time is spent in the middle as was shown by the batters of both sides. 

Weather and Toss

Light rain showers and moderate breeze have been forecasted for Sunday in Bristol with the percentage of rainfall increasing as the day progresses. In such conditions, any team winning the toss would look to bowl first for two obvious reasons. Firstly to utilise the swing on offer and secondly to keep the Duckworth Lewis and Stern system in their favour. 

Team News

England Women

The England Women squad remained almost the same as the one that played the One-off Test with the inclusion of Sarah Glenn and Freya Davies. Most hopefully, Glenn alongside Sophia Dunkley would make it in the XI. For Dunkley, if she plays, it would be her maiden ODI outing. 

Probable XI

Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver (vice-captain), Sophia Dunkley, Amy Jones (wk), Sarah Glenn, Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Freya Davies, Sophie Ecclestone

India Women

The Indian side’s problem of the opening stand has now been solved with Shafali Verma showcasing her potential in the one-off Test. With the number three, four and five spots retained the experienced trio of Punam Raut, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur, it would be impossible for Jemimah Rodriguez and Priya Punia to find a place in the side. 

To keep Sneh would be impossible after her heroics and hence only one among Punam Yadav and Ekta Bisht would be able to make it to the squad as a proper spinner if India would go with three spinner and two pacers squad. But in case it decides to continue the three pacers attack, then the same team that played in the Test might be seen playing here. 


With chances of rain and the weather being breezy, it is more likely that India would prefer a three pacers attack and the team that played in the Test would play in the ODI too. 

Probable XI

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami

Dream XI / Fantasy XI Team

Shafali Verma (VC), Smriti Mandhana, Heather Knight (C), Mithali Raj, Sophia Dunkley, Deepti Sharma, Amy Jones (wk), Sneh Rana, Anya Shrubsole, Jhulan Goswami, Sophie Ecclestone 

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