India will face arch-rivals Pakistan in the second group stage match on October 6, and it is also scheduled to take place in Dubai.
India will open its campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on October 4 in Dubai against New Zealand and then take on arch-rivals Pakistan at the same venue on October 6. India’s third match is scheduled to take place on October 9 against Sri Lanka in Dubai again, and the Women in Blue will finish the group stage with a high-voltage match against defending champions Australia in Sharjah on October 13.
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The upcoming edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup was scheduled to take place in Bangladesh, but it was shifted to the United Arab Emirates a couple of weeks ago.
Before the start of the tournament, India will face the West Indies and South Africa in two warm-up matches that are scheduled to take place at the ICC Academy grounds on September 29 and October 1, respectively.
The two semifinals of the women’s 10-team tournament will be played in Dubai and Sharjah on October 17 and 18, respectively, and the final will take place on October 20 in Dubai.
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India’s performance in last edition
In the 2023 edition of the women’s T20 World Cup, which was played in South Africa, India suffered a close defeat by five runs in the first semifinal played against Australia.
India had opened its campaign by getting the better of Pakistan by seven wickets in the first match and then defeated the 2016 champions, the West Indies, by six wickets. India went down by 11 runs against England in the third match but quickly bounced back to get the better of Ireland in the final group stage match and book a place in the semi-final.
India’s best performance in the women’s T20 World Cup was during the 2020 edition, when it was played in Australia. In that tournament, India won four matches in a row to qualify for the final for the first time in history, but could only manage to finish as runners-up.
In the final played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 8, 2020, Meg Lanning & Co. defeated India by 85 runs to successfully defend their title.
