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Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said India volition usage the 2 warm-up matches up of the Women’s T20 World Cup to trial a fewer much combinations and springiness opportunities to players specified arsenic Radha Yadav and Bharti Fulmali.
India arrived successful England hoping to extremity their agelong hold for a maiden Women’s T20 World Cup title. However, their build-up to the ICC showpiece suffered a setback aft hosts England came from down to clinch the three-match T20I bid 2-1.
After registering a 38-run triumph successful the opener, India slipped to a 26-run decision earlier losing the decider by six wickets connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
“I consciousness we are beauteous overmuch clear, similar what our XI is going to beryllium going forward. I deliberation we are beauteous overmuch wide and inactive we person 2 much games, signifier games earlier the World Cup, wherever we tin inactive deliberation astir the different combinations,” she said aft the loss.
“Like Radha is there. She did truly good successful WPL and she besides feels ready. And isolated from her, Bharti Fulmali is besides there. She is simply a middle-order batter. She besides batted truly well. I deliberation inactive we person 2 precise bully players who are sitting retired and hopefully we volition springiness them a just accidental successful the signifier games wherever we tin spot however they spell astir it,” Harmanpreet added.
India person already experimented with their batting bid pursuing the instrumentality of Yastika Bhatia from a lengthy wounded layoff.
Yastika has batted astatine No. 3 passim the England series, resulting successful Jemimah Rodrigues, who has traditionally excelled successful that position, moving down to No. 4. Harmanpreet, meanwhile, has dropped from her customary No. 4 slot to No. 5.
With the openers struggling for consistency during the bid against England and Richa Ghosh besides not capable to marque a important interaction successful the little middle-order, the doors could unfastened for Fulmali, whose lone quality connected the circuit came successful the opening match.
On the bowling front, India rotated astir of their resources, with Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Nandini Sharma, Deepti Sharma, N. Shree Charani and Shreyanka Patil each getting opportunities. But Radha and Renuka Singh missed out.
Despite hinting astatine further experimentation successful the warm-up matches, Harmanpreet insisted that the squad absorption already has a just thought of its preferred playing XI for the World Cup, which begins connected July 12.
“I deliberation the thought down coming present aboriginal is to get utilized to these conditions and I deliberation we are beauteous overmuch getting utilized to these conditions and hopefully we volition get immoderate we request from these conditions.”
India volition play 2 warm-up games against West Indies and England connected June 8 and 10 respectively successful Cardiff.
The ‘Women successful Blue’ unfastened their run against arch-rivals Pakistan successful Birmingham connected June 14.
