India Women's Team to Host England for Three ODIs in 2018
In a rematch of this year’s World Cup final, Indian Women’s team will host England for a three-match One-Day International series in April; the BCCI announced on Monday (December 25).
The series will be held soon after the Women in Blue, Australia and England feature in a T20I tri-series. Before the T20I series, India will take on Australia in a three-match ODI series from March 12 to 18.
Read More: Australia Women’s to Tour India In March 2018, England To Join for a Tri-Series Later
“The England Women’s Cricket Team that will tour India in March 2018 to take part in the T20I tri-series featuring India Women and Australia Women will also play a three-match ODI series as part of a bilateral agreement between the two Boards,” stated a media release from the BCCI.
The series against the reigning world champions will kick start on April 8, five days after the tri-series final in Mumbai. The series against Australia women will begin on March 12. All the matches against the team from Down Under will be played in Baroda while the venues for the series against England are yet to be announced.
Also Read: CoA extends Ratnakar Shetty’s tenure until March 31 as BCCI’s General Manager
The three series within a couple of months, meanwhile, will be a huge boost for the women cricketers who are yet to play any international game since making it to the final of this year’s World Cup in July.
Schedule of the England series:
Match | Date |
First ODI | April 8 |
Second ODI | April 11 |
Third ODI | April 14 |
Schedule of the Australia series:
Date | Match | Venue |
March 6 | Warm-up match against India A | Mumbai |
March 8 | Warm-up match against India A | Mumbai |
March 12 | 1st ODI | Baroda |
March 15 | 2nd ODI | Baroda |
March 18 | 3rd ODI | Baroda |
Schedule of the tri-series:
Date | Match | Venue |
March 22 | India v Australia | Mumbai |
March 24 | Australia v England | Mumbai |
March 26 | India v England | Mumbai |
March 28 | India v Australia | Mumbai |
March 30 | Australia v England | Mumbai |
April 1 | India v England | Mumbai |
April 3 | Final | Mumbai |
Video of the day:
Tagged:
ODI series