Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Everything you need to know about Venues, Teams, Schedule and Squads

With the Women’s T20 World Cup coming up, Harmanpreet Kaur thanked the supporters for their unconditional love. With the Indian women winning the U19 T20 World Cup, all eyes are on this T20 World Cup. She also added that their victory added inspiration. In 2020, India made it to the finale but couldn’t win the match. They lost the game against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. This time they’ll try their best to bring the Cup back home.

Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Everything you need to know about Venues, Teams, Schedule and Squads

Venues

South Africa will host the World Cup with three iconic venues. A total of 23 fixtures will be hosted. The three venues are

1. Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
2. St George’s Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha 
3. Boland Park, Paarl 

Teams

The teams that will participate in the T20 World Cup are divided into two groups, Group 1 and Group 2.

Group 1

1. Australia
2. Bangladesh
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa
5. Sri Lanka

Group 2

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. England
4. Ireland
5. West Indies

Schedule

The ICC World Cup T20 for Women will start from February 10 and end February 26.

1. 10 February- South Africa v Sri Lanka (Cape Town)
2. 11 February- West Indies v England (Paarl)
3. 11 February- Australia v New Zealand (Paarl)
4. 12 February- India v Pakistan (Cape Town)
5. 12 February- Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (Cape Town)
6. 13 February- Ireland v England (Paarl)
7. 13 February- South Africa v New Zealand (Paarl)
8. 14 February- Australia v Bangladesh (Gqeberha)
9. 15 February- West Indies v India (Cape Town)
10. 15 February- Pakistan v Ireland (Cape Town)
11. 16 February- Sri Lanka v Australia (Gqeberha)
12. 17 February- New Zealand v Bangladesh (Cape Town)
13. 17 February- West Indies v Ireland (Cape Town)
14. 18 February- England v India (Gqeberha)
15. 18 February- South Africa v Australia (Gqeberha)
16. 19 February- Pakistan v West Indies (Paarl)
17. 19 February- New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Paarl)
18. 20 February- Ireland v India (Gqeberha)
19. 21 February- England v Pakistan (Cape Town)
20. 21 February- South Africa v Bangladesh (Cape Town)
21. 23 February- SEMI-FINAL 1 (Cape Town)
22. 24 February- RESERVE DAY  (Cape Town)
23. 24 February- SEMI-FINAL 2  (Cape Town)
24. 25 February- RESERVE DAY  (Cape Town)
25. 26 February- FINAL (Cape Town)

Squads

Australia- Meg Lanning (captain), Alyssa Healy (vice captain), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham

Bangladesh– Nigar Sultana Joty (captain), Marufa Akter, Fahima Khatun, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Shamima Sultana, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Ritu Moni, Disha Biswas, Sobhana Mostary, Fargana Hoque Pinky

New Zealand–  Sophie Devine (captain), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

South Africa– Sune Luus (captain), Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Tazmin Brits, Masabata Klaas, Laura Wolvaardt, Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Anneke Bosch, Delmi Tucker

Sri Lanka– Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Vishmi Gunaratne, Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana, Sathya Sandeepani

India– Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey

Pakistan– Bismah Maroof (captain), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Tuba Hassan

England– Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt

Ireland– Laura Delany (captain), Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron

The squad for West Indies is yet to be announced

Where to watch the T20 World Cup?

In India, the Women’s T20 World Cup will be broadcast on Star Sports Network and digitally live-streamed via Hotstar.

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