England haven’t won the T20 World Cup since the first edition in 2009, they enter the tournament as heavy favourites alongside India and Australia. India, for all their global might, are yet to win a women’s T20 world title, while Australia have won three on the bounce.

Heather Knight has said that England are up and running for the tournament after crashing out in the semis last time around in 2023.

The game's dominant force have won six of the past seven tournaments, while England have generally under-performed with successive semi-final exits.But, for the upcoming tournament in the United Arab Emirates,