ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Schedule, Fixture, full Squads, Groups, Venues, Timing, Streaming and all you need to know

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: The eighth edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to start on February 10. The women’s tournament will be hosted by South Africa, the country which hosted the inaugural season of the U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka and the tournament hosts South Africa will square off in the season opener.

The tournament’s eighth season will take place in South Africa from February 10 to 26. Games will be staged in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, and Paarl. The U19 women who made history by winning the first U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa last week will definitely boost the senior Team India’s confidence.

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The defending champion is Australia, who has won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup five times. Australia defeated India by more than 80 runs in the tournament’s final in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020. Once again, Australia are the obvious favorite to win their sixth championship this year.

The ICC Women’s T20 World cup 2023 is a 10-team tournament and those 10 teams are divided into two groups with each group consisting of 5 teams.

In this article, we will look at the schedule, Fixture, full Squads, Venues, Timing, Streaming, and all you need to know before ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. First of all, let’s take a look at the Groups:

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Groups

GROUP 1- Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

GROUP 2- India, England, Pakistan, West Indies, and Ireland

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Schedule

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Squads

• GROUP 1

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

SOUTH AFRICA: Sune Luus (c), Laura Wolvaardt, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Tazmin Brits, Masabata Klaas,Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Anneke Bosch, Delmi Tucker.
NON-Travelling Reserves: Micaéla Andrews, Tumi Sekhukhune, Tebogo Macheke

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

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

BANGLADESH: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Marufa Akter, Dilara Akter, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Fariha Islam Trisna
Reserves:  Sanjida Akther Maghla, Rabeya, Sharmin Akter Supta

• GROUP 2

ENGLAND: Heather Knight (c), Alice Capsey, Lauren Bell, Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt, Maia Bouchier.
Reserves: Issy Wong, Dani Gibson. 

INDIA: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar.
Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Meghna Singh, Sneh Rana

PAKISTAN: Bismah Maroof (c), Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Fatima Sana, Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Javeria Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Muneeba Ali (wk), Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hassan
Reserves: Ghulam Fatima, Kainat Imtiaz, and Sadaf Shamas

IRELAND: Laura Delany (c), Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Rachel Delaney, Georgina Dempsey, Arlene Kelly, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Mary Waldron, Gaby Lewis.

WEST INDIES: Hayley Matthews (c), Shemaine Campbelle (vc), Trishan Holder, Shamilia Connell, Aaliyah Alleyne, Chinelle Henry, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Telecasting and Broadcasting

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