India women likely to tour Australia for ODIs and T20Is in September

India women are likely to travel to Australia for limited-overs series in September, months ahead of next year's 50-over World Cup. India women's team have played only two white-ball series since the resumption of cricket in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Australia pacer Megan Schutt dropped a hint that India will be visiting in September though Cricket Australia is yet to announce the schedule. The tour is expected to comprise ODIs and T20 Internationals.

"We have got a tour against India in mid-September. So, there's a couple of camps. I believe we are doing one in Darwin, which will be really cool...and then the tour against India. And then pretty much



from there things get crazy with Big Bash, WNCL, Ashes, World Cup, and hopefully the Commonwealth Games," Schutt said on No Balls: The Cricket Podcast, hosted by Kate Cross and Alex Hartley.

India were handed defeats by South Africa women in both the ODI and T20I series in Lucknow earlier this year.

The BCCI, in its last Apex Council meeting, had also approved the tour of Australia ahead of the World Cup in New Zealand next year. A home series against the West Indies was also cleared.

The tour of Australia was originally planned for January this year but was postponed after the World Cup was put off to 2022 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.