Just over a month after Harmanpreet Kaur led her side to glory in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, attention now turns to the shortest format of the game, with all efforts tuned towards next year’s marquee T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in England and Wales in June-July.

When the originally scheduled white-ball series against Bangladesh in this window fell through, the BCCI, along with Sri Lanka Cricket, swiftly moved to set up a bilateral meeting between the neighbours as per the Future Tours Programme provisions for this cycle. The build-up was crucial for both sides, albeit they find themselves in different predicaments.