Cricket and multi-sport action have collided this July, giving Indian sports fans plenty to keep track of. India’s senior men’s team has just wrapped up a rollercoaster tour of England, the women’s side capped its own summer with a historic win at Lord’s, and now attention has shifted north to Glasgow, where the Commonwealth Games 2026 is underway with boxing, gymnastics, swimming, and more. Here’s a rundown of everything happening across India-England cricket 2026 and India’s push for CWG medals.
A Mixed Bag for India in England
India’s men’s tour of England didn’t end the way the team would have hoped. After a five-match T20I series that swung firmly England’s way, the sides moved on to the ODI leg. India opened with a confident six-wicket win in Birmingham, powered by Axar Patel’s all-round effort, but England hit back hard in Cardiff and then sealed the series 2-1 with a tense 27-run win in the decider at Lord’s. Rohit Sharma’s 138 in that final ODI turned into a bittersweet knock — a reminder of his class, even as chatter about his future in the format refused to die down. England’s Joe Root, meanwhile, was named player of the series after a string of composed innings that kept the hosts ahead when it mattered most.
While the senior men’s team’s tour ended on a low note, the story was very different for the women in blue. India’s women wrapped up their England trip with a genuinely historic result — a 270-run win in the first-ever women’s Test played at Lord’s. Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a century in a Test at the venue, while Kranti Gaud picked up a stunning five-wicket haul on debut at the ground. Sneh Rana finished the job on the final day, and the win gave India something to smile about after their World Cup campaign ended earlier than they’d have liked.
Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia Once Again Reign Supreme
Speaking of that World Cup — the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, hosted across England through June and into early July, has already been decided. Australia beat hosts England by seven wickets in a one-sided final at Lord’s on July 5, claiming their seventh title and further cementing their status as the dominant force in the women’s game. Beth Mooney anchored the chase with a composed innings, while England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt fought hard with the bat but couldn’t prevent her side from falling short in front of a packed, record home crowd. For India, the tournament ended in the group stage, but the team more than made up for it with that statement win in the Lord’s Test that followed just days later.
CWG 2026: India’s Campaign Gets Underway in Glasgow
With the cricket largely done and dusted for now, Indian sports fans have quickly turned their attention to the Commonwealth Games 2026, which kicked off in Glasgow on July 23 and runs through August 2. This edition looks quite different from Birmingham 2022 — the programme has been trimmed down to just ten sports, meaning traditionally strong events for India like wrestling, table tennis, and shooting are missing from the schedule altogether. That leaves India’s roughly 120-strong contingent leaning on athletics, boxing, gymnastics, swimming, weightlifting, judo, and lawn bowls to fill the medal tally this time around.
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain got India’s campaign off to an encouraging start, securing a guaranteed bronze after a bye took her straight into the semifinals of her weight category — a quirk of the Commonwealth Games boxing draw, where both losing semifinalists take home medals. Elsewhere, India’s boxers have been grinding through the early rounds, with wins helping the squad build momentum heading into the medal rounds. In the pool, swimmers like Srihari Nataraj have been competing in the backstroke events, while the gymnastics team has been working through qualification rounds hoping to book spots in individual finals. Javelin star Neeraj Chopra, one of the biggest names in India’s contingent, has also arrived in Glasgow, with his athletics events still to come later in the Games.
What to Watch Next
For cricket followers, the near-term focus now shifts to how India’s selectors respond to a summer that delivered a Test triumph, a World Cup letdown, and a series loss all inside a few weeks. Expect plenty of debate over the ODI batting order and the pace attack ahead of India’s next assignments. On the Commonwealth Games front, the coming days should bring India’s first real shot at gold medals, particularly once athletics and the knockout rounds in boxing and judo get underway. Between the residual cricket chatter and the growing medal count from Glasgow, it’s shaping up to be a busy fortnight for Indian sports fans keeping tabs on both fronts.
