For the first time in the history of any ICC World Twenty20 event, the Decision Review System (DRS) will be used.
Indian women cricket team (Photo Credit-Twitter/BCCI women)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday (25th June) released the schedule for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Cup T20. The tournament will be held in the West Indies from November 9 to 24.
Every single match of this first stand-alone Women’s World T20 will be broadcast LIVE from Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda with DRS to be used in an ICC World T20 event for the first time 🙌 #WT20 pic.twitter.com/MTKM7vzyT1
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— ICC (@ICC) June 25, 2018
While a total of 10 teams will feature in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the top eight have already qualified. They are three-time champion Australia, ICC WWC 2017 winner England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and defending champions West Indies. Bangladesh, Ireland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates will participate in the ICC Women’s World T20 Qualifier to claim the last two spots.
Don’t forget, there are still two places up for grabs that will be decided at next month’s #WT20 qualifier!
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🇦🇪 @EmiratesCricket pic.twitter.com/GLatO0CUh3— ICC (@ICC) June 25, 2018
For the first time in the history of any ICC World Twenty20 event, the Decision Review System (DRS) will be used.
The Indian Women’s Cricket team are in Group B along with the mighty Australians, New Zealand, Pakistan and ‘Qualifier 2’. South Africa, West Indies, England, Sri Lanka and Qualifier 1 are placed in Group A.
In the tournament opener, India will take on New Zealand on 9 November at the Guyana National Stadium. Archrivals India and Pakistan will take on each other on 11 November. The semi-finals and the final match of the ICC WWC T20 will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua on November 22 and November 24.
Group A teams:
West Indies
South Africa
England
Sri Lanka
Qualifier 1
Group B teams:
Australia
India
New Zealand
Pakistan
Qualifier 2
India women WT20 schedule:
Friday, November 9 – India v New Zealand
Sunday, November 11 – India v Pakistan
Thursday, November 15 – India v Qualifier 2
Saturday, November 17 – India v Australia
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