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England women's cricket team in India in 2023–24
	India	England
Dates	6 – 17 December 2023
Captains	Harmanpreet Kaur	Heather Knight
Test series
Result	India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Jemimah Rodrigues (95)	Nat Sciver-Brunt (59)
Most wickets	Deepti Sharma (9)	Charlie Dean (5) Sophie Ecclestone (5)
Twenty20 International series
Results	England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Jemimah Rodrigues (63)	Nat Sciver-Brunt (93)
Most wickets	Renuka Singh (7)	Sophie Ecclestone (7)
Player of the series	Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)

The England women's cricket team toured India in December 2023 to play three Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and one Women's Test (Test) match. The series was the first to have the Decision Review System (DRS) for a women's bilateral series in India.

Ahead of the T20I series, respective 'A' teams played three 20-over matches. England A won the 20-over series 2–1.

England won the T20I series 2–1.

The Test match was the 100th Test match to be played by England, becoming the first team to play 100 Test matches in women's international cricket. India won the only Test by 347 runs, a record victory margin in terms of runs in women's Test matches. It was India's first women's Test match win at home against England.

Squads

India		England
Test	T20Is	Test	T20Is
Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Smriti Mandhana (vc) Yastika Bhatia (wk) Harleen Deol Richa Ghosh (wk) Rajeshwari Gayakwad Saika Ishaque Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Meghna Singh Titas Sadhu Shubha Satheesh Renuka Singh Sneh Rana Pooja Vastrakar Shafali Verma	Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Smriti Mandhana (vc) Yastika Bhatia (wk) Kanika Ahuja Richa Ghosh (wk) Saika Ishaque Amanjot Kaur Mannat Kashyap Shreyanka Patil Minnu Mani Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Titas Sadhu Renuka Singh Pooja Vastrakar Shafali Verma	Heather Knight (c) Tammy Beaumont Lauren Bell Maia Bouchier Alice Capsey Kate Cross Charlie Dean Sophia Dunkley Sophie Ecclestone Lauren Filer Kirstie Gordon Bess Heath (wk) Amy Jones (wk) Emma Lamb Nat Sciver-Brunt Danni Wyatt	Heather Knight (c) Lauren Bell Maia Bouchier Alice Capsey Charlie Dean Sophia Dunkley Mahika Gaur Danielle Gibson Sarah Glenn Bess Heath (wk) Amy Jones (wk) Freya Kemp Nat Sciver-Brunt Danni Wyatt

On 8 December 2023, Emma Lamb withdrew from England's Test squad due to a back injury, while Maia Bouchier and Kirstie Gordon were added to England's Test squad.

A team 20-over series

1st match

India A  134/7 (20 overs)	v	England A 131/8 (20 overs)
Disha Kasat 25 (32) Charlie Dean 2/19 (4 overs)		Hollie Armitage 52 (41) Kashvee Gautam 2/23 (4 overs)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match

India A  149/9 (20 overs)	v	England A 151/6 (18.5 overs)
Kanika Ahuja 27 (14) Kirstie Gordon 3/28 (4 overs)		Grace Scrivens 39 (34) Minnu Mani 2/29 (3 overs)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd match

India A  101 (19.2 overs)	v	England A 104/8 (19.1 overs)
Uma Chetry 21 (16) Lauren Filer 2/15 (3 overs)		Issy Wong 28* (30) Shreyanka Patil 2/13 (4 overs)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

England  197/6 (20 overs)	v	India 159/6 (20 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 77 (53) Renuka Singh 3/27 (4 overs)		Shafali Verma 52 (42) Sophie Ecclestone 3/15 (4 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Saika Ishaque and Shreyanka Patil (Ind) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

India  80 (16.2 overs)	v	England 82/6 (11.2 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 30 (33) Sophie Ecclestone 2/13 (2.3 overs)		Alice Capsey 25 (21) Deepti Sharma 2/4 (2 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

England  126 (20 overs)	v	India 130/5 (19 overs)
Heather Knight 52 (42) Shreyanka Patil 3/19 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 48 (48) Freya Kemp 2/24 (4 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bess Heath (Eng) made her T20I debut.

Only Test

India	v	England
428 (104.3 overs) Shubha Satheesh 69 (76) Lauren Bell 3/67 (19 overs)		136 (35.3 overs) Nat Sciver-Brunt 59 (70) Deepti Sharma 5/7 (5.3 overs)
186/6d (42 overs) Harmanpreet Kaur 44* (67) Charlie Dean 4/68 (19 overs)		131 (27.3 overs) Heather Knight 21 (20) Deepti Sharma 4/32 (8 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jemimah Rodrigues, Shubha Satheesh and Renuka Singh (Ind) all made their Test debuts.
• Deepti Sharma (Ind) took her first five-wicket haul in Tests.
• India recorded the highest margin of victory by runs in Tests.

Notes

1. While four days of play were scheduled for the Test, it reached a result in three days.

References

1. "Team India (Senior Women) to host England and Australia in action-packed home season". Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
2. "DY Patil Stadium to host India's first women's Test since 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
3. "Muzumdar: 'There is no compromise on fielding and fitness'". ESPNcricinfo. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
4. "England A Women's Tour of India: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know". Cricket World. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
5. "IND-WA vs ENG-WA T20 schedule: Full fixtures list, match timings and venues for India Women A v England Women A 2023". Wisden. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
6. "England Women A announce squad for IT20 series against India A". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
7. "Issy Wong shines as England Women's A beat India by two wickets to take T20 series 2-1". Hindustan Times. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
8. "Patil, Ishaque, Mandhana star as India avoid clean sweep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
9. "India ready for rare home Test in England's special 100th". ESPNcricinfo. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
10. Tomas, Fiona (13 December 2023). "From paying for kit to six-figure deals: England women's journey to 100 Tests". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
11. "Comprehensive India garner a record win in Mumbai". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
12. "Muzumdar: Deepti is the 'Ben Stokes of the team'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
13. "The Deepti Sharma show wipes England out in seven sessions". ESPNcricinfo. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
14. "Team India (Senior Women) squad for England T20Is and two Tests announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
15. "Renuka returns from injury, Ishaque and Patil get maiden call-up for England T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
16. "Sophie Ecclestone back for England tour of India following shoulder surgery". ESPNcricinfo. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
17. "England Women Name Squads For India Tour". Kia Oval. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
18. "India v England: Emma Lamb withdraws from Test squad with back injury". BBC Sport. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
19. "INDW vs ENGW: Deepti Sharma claims maiden five-wicket haul in Tests to bundle out England for paltry 136". India Today. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
20. "India Women pulverise England by 347 runs to record the biggest Test victory in history". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (A tour)

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