Harmanpreet Kaur-led India are set to begin their Women's T20 World Cup 2024 campaign on October 4, Friday. The Indian team, which is hunting their maiden title start the tournament as one of the favourites to lift the trophy besides England and Australia.
India are not playing the opener of the tournament this time around. The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 is set to kick off on October 3 in the United Arab Emirates, with hosts Bangladesh facing tournament debutants Scotland in the opening encounter. This ninth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup will feature 10 teams, divided into two groups—Group A and Group B.
The tournament was moved from Bangladesh to the UAE due to a political crisis in the country. The competition retains is original format despite the late change and will witness a total of 23 matches played over a span of 18 days, culminating in the final on October 20, where the new T20 World Champion will be crowned. Australia, India, and England have been touted as the tournament favourites, but the other teams will also look to make an impact and contend for the ultimate ICC title.
Women's T20 World Cup: Full Details
Here's everything you need to know about India's fixtures in the tournament, the team's squad and where can you watch them play.
Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Group B: Bangladesh, England, Scotland, South Africa, West Indies
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Sajana Sajeevan
Travelling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor
Non-Travelling reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra
India vs New Zealand: October 4, 7:30 PM
India vs Pakistan: October 6, 3:30 PM
India vs Sri Lanka: October 9, 7:30 PM
India vs Australia: October 13, 7:30 PM
The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will be broadcasted on Star Sports Network in India. The live streaming of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.
Apart from a better focus on women's cricket, in a landmark move, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided that the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will have the same prize money as the men’s tournament. This is the first time in the history of international cricket that both a women's and men’s event will be offering identical prize money.
As per the decision, the winners of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will receive USD 2.34 million—a massive 134 per cent increase from the USD 1 million awarded to Australia in the previous edition held in South Africa in 2023. This development is expected to set a new precedent for gender parity in international cricket and inspire other sporting bodies to follow suit.
