The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the revised schedule for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Monday (August 26) with the tournament shifting from Bangladesh to UAE due to political turmoil in the original host nation. The India women cricket team will open their campaign against New Zealand in Dubai on October 4.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s Indian side has been clubbed with New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A. The much-awaited clash against arch-rivals Pakistan women cricket team will take place on October 6 in Dubai and it will be a day game starting at 3.30pm IST.
The ICC also announced that if Indian team advances to the semifinal stages of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, they will be playing semifinal 1 in Dubai on October 17 while second semifinal will be held in Sharjah on October 18. The final is set to take place on October 20 in Dubai.
Apart from this, India women cricket team are also scheduled to play in a couple of warm-up games ahead of the tournament. The first warm-up game for India will be against former T20 world champions West Indies on September 29 at ICC Cricket Academy 2 grounds while the second one is against South Africa on October 1 at ICC Cricket Academy 1 ground.
Original hosts Bangladesh will take on Scotland in the opening game of the event in Sharjah on October 3 with that game followed by Pakistan taking on Women’s Asia Cup 2024 winners Sri Lanka. The 2023 runners up, South Africa, will play West Indies in their opening match of the T20 World Cup on 4 October in Dubai.
Defending champions and the most successful team in T20 World Cup history, Australia, will start their campaign on 5 October in Sharjah against Sri Lanka.
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 26, 2024
October 4, 2024 – India vs New Zealand in Dubai from 7.30pm IST
October 6, 2024 – India vs Pakistan in Dubai from 3.30pm IST
October 9, 2024 – India vs Sri Lanka in Dubai from 7.30pm IST
October 13, 2024 – India vs Australi in Sharjah from 7.30pm IST
September 29, 2024 – India vs West Indies from 7.30pm IST
October 1, 2024 – India vs South Africa from 7.30pm IST
