Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Schedule, Venues, Squads, Broadcast

The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is set to take place from October 3 to 20 in the UAE. 

Earlier, the T20 event was set to take place in Bangladesh. But due to civil unrest in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) moved it to the UAE.

Despite that, the Bangladesh Cricket Board will retain the hosting rights, with the ICC revealing the revised schedule with changes in fixtures and venues.

Bangladesh and Scotland will play the tournament opener on October 3 in Sharjah. While the tournament will conclude on October 20, with Dubai hosting the final.

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Participating Teams and Groups

The women’s T20 tournament will involve 10 teams vying for the silverware split into 2 groups.

Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Group B: Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Scotland

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Venues

Two of the UAE’s prominent venues will host 23 matches, including semi-finals and final.

Venues for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024:

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Schedule

Date	Match	Time (Local/IST)	Venue
Oct 3	Bangladesh vs Scotland	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 3	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 4	South Africa vs West Indies	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 4	India vs New Zealand	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 5	Bangladesh vs England	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 5	Australia vs Sri Lanka	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 6	India vs Pakistan	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 6	West Indies vs Scotland	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 7	England vs South Africa	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 8	Australia vs New Zealand	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 9	South Africa vs Scotland	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 9	India vs Sri Lanka	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 10	Bangladesh vs West Indies	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 11	Australia vs Pakistan	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 12	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 12	Bangladesh vs South Africa	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 13	England vs Scotland	2:00 PM/3:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 13	India vs Australia	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 14	Pakistan vs New Zealand	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 15	England vs West Indies	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 17	Semi Final 1	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai
Oct 18	Semi Final 2	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Sharjah
Oct 20	Final	6:00 PM/7:30 PM	Dubai

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: All Squads

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vc), Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham.

Bangladesh: Squad yet to be announced

England: Heather Knight (c), Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Linsey Smith, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Bess Heath.

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia*, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana Sajeevan. Reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor (travelling), Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra (non-travelling).

New Zealand: Squad yet to be announced

Pakistan: Fatima Sana (c), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal (subject to fitness), Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan. Reserves: Najiha Alvi (wk) (travelling), Rameen Shamim, Umm-e-Hani (non-travelling).

Scotland: Squad yet to be announced

South Africa: Squad yet to be announced

Sri Lanka: Squad yet to be announced

West Indies: Squad yet to be announced

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Broadcast

In India, Star Sports Network will broadcast all Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 matches on TV. Additionally, the games will be available for live streaming on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

Fans in Australia can enjoy the action on Fox Sports and Kayo, while in New Zealand, Sky Sports NZ and Sky Go will stream the matches.

In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports and Sky Go will bring live action to the fans. In the USA, Willow TV and ESPN+ will broadcast the games on TV.