Schedule for Women's T20 World Cup 2024 announced, India & Pakistan in same group

The ICC on Sunday announced the fixtures for the ninth edition of the ICC T20 Women's World Cup. As per the announced schedule, the event will take place from 3rd to 20th October in Bangladesh.

10 teams are divided into two groups of five teams each. The Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka and the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium will host all the games of the tournament.

The schedule was unveiled at an event in Dhaka, attended by Mr. Nazmul Hassan, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board alongside Geoff Allardice, CEO of the ICC and the Captains of India and Bangladesh women’s teams- Harmanpreet Kaur and Nigar Sultana respectively.

The top two teams from Group A and Group B will qualify for the semi-finals, scheduled for 17 October in Sylhet, and 18 October in Dhaka. The T20 World Cup champions will be crowned at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 20 October.

Defending champions and the most successful team in the event’s history Australia will start their campaign on 4 October in Sylhet against Qualifier 1, whilst the highly anticipated fixture between India and Pakistan will take place in Sylhet on 6 October.

Ahead of the tournament, there will be 10 warm-up matches from 27 September to 1 October all taking place at BKSP in Dhaka.

Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qualifier 1

Group B: South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Qualifier 2

ICC Women's T20 World Cup schedule

• Thursday, 3 October 2024

England v South Africa, Dhaka

Bangladesh v Q2, Dhaka

• Friday, 4 October 2024

Australia v Q1, Sylhet

India v New Zealand, Sylhet.

• Saturday, 5 October 2024

South Africa v West Indies, Dhaka.

Bangladesh v England, Dhaka.

• Sunday, 6 October 2024

New Zealand v Q1, Sylhet

India v Pakistan, Sylhet

• Monday, 7 October 2024

West Indies v Q2

• Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Australia v Pakistan, Sylhet

• Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka

India v Q1, Sylhet

• Thursday, 10 October 2024

South Africa v Q2, Dhaka

• Friday, 11 October 2024

Australia v New Zealand, Sylhet

Pakistan v Q1, Sylhet

• Saturday, 12 October 2024

England v West Indies, Dhaka

Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka

• Sunday, 13 October 2024

Pakistan v New Zealand, Sylhet

India v Australia, Sylhet

• Monday, 14 October 2024

England v Q2, Dhaka

• Thursday, 17 October 2024

Semi Final 1, Sylhet

• Friday, 18 October 2024

Semi Final 2, Dhaka

• Sunday, 20 October 2024

Final, Dhaka