India women's cricket team in England in 2021
| India women's cricket team in England in 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| England women | India women | ||
| Dates | 16 June – 14 July 2021 | ||
| Captains | Heather Knight |
Mithali Raj (WTest & WODIs) Harmanpreet Kaur (WT20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 1-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Heather Knight (95) | Shafali Verma (159) | |
| Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (8) | Sneh Rana (4) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Nat Sciver (142) | Mithali Raj (206) | |
| Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (8) |
Jhulan Goswami (3) Poonam Yadav (3) Deepti Sharma (3) | |
| Player of the series | Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Danni Wyatt (123) | Smriti Mandhana (119) | |
| Most wickets |
Nat Sciver (3) Sophie Ecclestone (3) Katherine Brunt (3) |
Shikha Pandey (3) Poonam Yadav (3) | |
| Player of the series | Nat Sciver (Eng) | ||
| Series points | |||
| England women 10, India women 6 | |||
The India women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in June and July 2021. On International Women's Day 2021, Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), stated that the India team would play a one-off Women's Test match against the England team. India women last played a Test match in November 2014, against South Africa. In April 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, including the one-off Test match, three Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.
A points-based system was used across all three formats of the tour, with four points for winning the Test match, two points if the Test was drawn, and two points for each win in the limited overs matches.
The one-off Test match ended in a draw, despite England making a big first-innings lead and enforcing the follow-on. England won the first WODI by eight wickets to record their 100th win at home in the format. England then won the second WODI match by five wickets, to win the series with a game to spare. India won the final WODI by four wickets, with England taking the series 2–1. England won the first WT20I, with India winning the second match. Therefore, England took an 8–6 lead in the points-based system into the final match of the tour. England won the third WT20I by eight wickets, to win the WT20I series 2–1 and to win 10–6 in the points-based system.
During the third WODI match, India's Mithali Raj became the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket. She went past Charlotte Edwards' previous record of 10,273 runs.