ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025: India-Pak Set to Face Each Other for 1st Time After Military Tensions

The Women's ODI World Cup 2025 schedule has been announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC).  India and Sri Lanka will host this tournament. On September 30, India and Sri Lanka will play in Bengaluru to kick off the World Cup. On October 5, India will face Pakistan in this tournament. This match will be played in Colombo. The Women's ODI World Cup is going to be organized in India for the first time after 2013. 8 teams are participating in it. On November 2, the tournament's final match will take place. Apart from this, Sri Lanka will host all of Pakistan's matches.

Pakistan will not play in India

All of Pakistan's matches will be held in Sri Lanka due to the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan.  Team India will play against Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 5.  As per the agreement on the hybrid model between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Pakistan will play all its matches in Colombo during the World Cup. Earlier this year, India played all the games of the Champions Trophy in Dubai instead of Pakistan. In response to this, the PCB had said that Pakistan will not play any match in India in the coming future.

Title Clash Scheduled for November 2

On October 1, the defending champions Australian team will begin its campaign.  Holkar Stadium in Indore will host its opening game against New Zealand.  The team will then play Pakistan on October 8 in Colombo. The important match between Australia and England will be held in Indore on October 22. A total of 28 league matches will be played in this tournament. After this three knockout matches will be played.

Bengaluru, Indore, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Colombo, Sri Lanka, will host the World Cup matches.  On October 29, Guwahati or Colombo will host the first semifinal. On October 30, however, the second semifinal will take place in Bengaluru.  On November 2, the final will take place in Colombo or Bengaluru. If Pakistan's women's team reaches the semi-finals and finals, then these matches will be organized in Colombo.