ICC announces updated schedule for the Women’s T20 World Cup

Hardly do mega-events in cricket, let alone women’s cricket, get as much hype as the forthcoming Women’s T20 World Cup has received. The political instability in Bangladesh followed by offers and rejections from different boards to host the tournament was nothing too different from a rollercoaster ride. This rollercoaster ride, however, seems to be coming to an end as things find solid ground once again. International Cricket Council (ICC) announced revised fixtures for the Women’s cricket mega-event, which will now take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting from 3rd October. 

The ten-team tournament will begin with the hosts, Bangladesh, taking on Scotland for a day game in Sharjah. The highly anticipated and potential nail-biter between Pakistan and India is slated to be played on 6th October in Dubai. Dubai will also play host to other important matches including the first semi-final and final which will be played on the 20th of October. 

The tournament will see ten teams divided into two groups with Pakistan, India, Australia, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand in Group A and England, South Africa, Scotland, Bangladesh, and West Indies in Group B. Each team will play four games against their group members and two table-toppers will proceed to the semi-finals. The first-place holder from Group A will cross swords with the team in second place in Group B. Similarly, the team placed second in Group A will meet the table toppers of Group B in the semi-final. Both semi-finals as well as the final have been allocated a reserved day.

Quite like how it has been in a couple of previous mega-events, India if made it past the group stages, will be allowed to play in the first semi-final, no matter which place they end the group stage at. The tournament will commence after ten warmup games which will end two days before the tournament’s opener. 

Updated Schedule