ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025 Schedule: India To Open Campaign Against Bangladesh, Pakistan To Play All Games In Colombo

The ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025 will get underway on September 30 with the match between hosts India and Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

India will be hosting the Women's ODI World Cup for the fourth time, and first time since 2013. Eight teams - India, Australia, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, and Bangladesh - will be competing in the upcoming marquee event.

Pakistan, Bangladesh booked their spots in the Women's ODI World Cup through the qualifiers

Apart from hosts India, defending champions Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka, qualified directly for the tournament. On the other hand, Pakistan and Bangladesh booked their spots in the Women's ODI World Cup through the qualifiers earlier this year.

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The format of the tournament will see each team playing the other seven teams once in the round-robin format. The top four teams will then qualify for the semifinals. Overall, the tournament will have 28 league games followed by two semifinals and the final. The matches will be played across Bengaluru, Indore, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Colombo.

Pakistan will be playing all of their games in Colombo. As a result, the final could be shifted to Colombo from Bengaluru if Pakistan qualify for the title-decider.

The first semifinal is scheduled to be played in Guwahati but could be shifted to Colombo if Pakistan make the cut. On the other hand, the second semifinal will be played in Bengaluru.

Reigning champions Australia will open their campaign against New Zealand on October 1 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. On the other hand, England's campaign will get underway on October 3 against South Africa.

ICC Women's ODI World Cup: India's full schedule:

After taking on Sri Lanka on September 30, India will lock horns against Pakistan on October 5 in Colombo. It will be followed by games against South Africa and Australia on October 9 and 12, respectively. Both games will be played in Vizag.

India's next game will be against England in Indore on October 19 before they take on New Zealand in Guwahati on October 23. India's final league game is against Bangladesh on October 26 in Bengaluru.

India's schedule for Women's ODI World Cup (as per TOI):

• vs Sri Lanka - Sept 30 - Bengaluru
• vs Pakistan - Oct 5 - Colombo
• vs South Africa - Oct 9 - Vizag
• vs Australia - Oct 12 - Vizag
• vs England - Oct 19 - Indore
• vs New Zealand - Oct 23 - Guwahati
• vs Bangladesh - Oct 26 - Bengaluru

Key fixtures (as per ESPNCricinfo):

Sept 30 - Ind vs SL, Bengaluru
Oct 1 - Aus vs NZ, Indore
Oct 3 - SA vs Eng, Bengaluru
Oct 5 - Ind vs Pak, Colombo
Oct 6 - SA vs NZ, Indore
Oct 11 - SL vs Eng, Guwahati
Oct 15 - Pak vs Eng, Colombo
Oct 22 - Eng vs Aus, Indore
Oct 25 - SA vs Aus, Indore
Oct 26 (day) Eng vs NZ, Guwahati
Oct 26 - Ind vs Ban, Bengaluru
Oct 29 - SF 1, Guwahati/Colombo
Oct 30 - SF 2, Bengaluru
Nov 2 - Final, Bengaluru/Colombo.

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