ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Schedule Announced

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Schedule Announced: The International Cricket Council announced the Women’s T20 World Cup schedule on Sunday, May 5. The tournament will be held in Bangladesh from October 3 to October 20. Ten teams will play in a total of 23 matches in this ninth edition of the tournament.

The schedule was made public in a Dhaka ceremony that was attended by prominent people like the CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Geoff Allardice, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, and the captains of the women’s teams from India and Bangladesh, Harmanpreet Kaur and Nigar Sultana, respectively.

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The esteemed competition will take held in the dynamic cities of Sylhet and Dhaka over a period of eighteen days. Two groups of five teams each have been carefully formed from the ten participating teams. India, a dominant force in the sport, is placed in a difficult group with Qualifier 1, Australia, New Zealand, and Pakistan. The beautiful city of Sylhet will host their matches.

On the other hand, Group B features the host nation Bangladesh, who will face tough competition from England, South Africa, West Indies, and Qualifier 2. The battles in this group will unfold in the bustling city of Dhaka.

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Each group’s top two teams will move on to the semi-finals, where the top-seeded team from one group will play the second-seeded club from the other group. The teams who emerge triumphant from these close semi-final matches will be guaranteed a final position in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024.

The current ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will determine the qualifiers, Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2. Teams will be split into two groups of five and play each other once in the final match, which is set for May 7.

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The ICC has also confirmed that both the semi-finals and the final will include reserved days.

India is set to kick off their campaign against New Zealand on October 4, followed by a match against Pakistan on October 6 and a qualifier on October 9. The group stage will conclude with a highly anticipated match against Australia on October 13.

(With Input From DNA)