T20 World Cup: Renewing the rivalry
Dubai, August 26
India will be taking on arch-rivals Pakistan on October 6 here as per the revamped fixtures of the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup released by the ICC today. The tournament starts on October 3.
The global competition, initially scheduled to be held in Bangladesh, was moved out of the country by the ICC after many players expressed concerns around security due to the prevailing political unrest. Dubai and Sharjah are the only two venues for the event, hosting a total of 23 matches.
The groups remain the same, with defending champion Australia clubbed alongside India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Group B comprises South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh and Scotland.
Each side will play four group matches at the tournament, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semifinals on October 17 and 18 ahead of the final in Dubai on October 20.
A reserve day has been fixed for both the semifinals and the final. If India advance, they will feature in the first semifinal.
Sri Lanka and Scotland qualified for the tournament via the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier event held in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. There will be 10 warm-up matches held prior to the tournament from September 28 through to October 1.
- Bangladesh vs Scotland
- Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
- South Africa vs West Indies
- India vs New Zealand
- Bangladesh vs England
- Australia vs Sri Lanka
- India vs Pakistan
- West Indies vs Scotland
- England vs South Africa
- Australia vs New Zealand
- South Africa vs Scotland
- India vs Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh vs West Indies
- Australia vs Pakistan
- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh vs South Africa
- England vs Scotland
- India vs Australia
- Pakistan vs New Zealand
- England vs West Indies
- Semifinal 1
- Semifinal 2
- Final
