Venues for Women’s ODI World Cup announced, with all of Pakistan’s World Cup matches to be held in Colombo.
Women’s ODI World Cup at four Indian venues and Colombo.
Bengaluru, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Indore in India will host the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup from September 30 to November 2, with Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as a neutral location.
According to the hybrid format decided upon by the BCCI and PCB, all of Pakistan’s league matches are probably going to take place in Colombo, even though the ICC has not yet issued the whole schedule. Tensions between the two nations and India’s decision to play its 2025 men’s Champions Trophy matches in Dubai rather than Pakistan, the host nation, necessitated this arrangement. In response, the PCB said that Pakistan would not be visiting India for any upcoming competitions.
India’s opening match in the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup will take place in Benglauru, which will also host the second semi-final on October 30. Depending on whether Pakistan qualifies, either Guwahati or Colombo will host the first semi-final. For identical reasons, either Bengaluru or Colombo will host the final on November 2.
New Chandigarh, which had previously been considered to host games, including the championship game, was removed from consideration. Internal input from the BCCI expressed concerns over India possibly competing in a final at a location where they haven’t participated in any international matches.
In contrast, Bengaluru has hosted games on a regular basis and has drawn sizable crowds for international fixtures.
For the first time since 2013, India will host the Women’s ODI World Cup. In 2016, the Women’s T20 World Cup was also held there. The 2025 tournament will follow the same structure as the 2022 one, with the top four teams advancing to the semi-finals after each of the eight teams competes against the others in a round robin fashion. There will be 31 games in all.
Aside from the tournament’s hosts, India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka also earned straight entry. At the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Lahore earlier this year, Bangladesh and Pakistan claimed the final two slots. West Indies, who lost to Bangladesh by a slim margin in net run rate, will not be participating in the competition.