The ICC Womens T20 World Cup

The ICC Womens T20 World Cup Championship 2016 begins on March 15 2016. The tournament will involve 10 teams fighting it out to emerge as winners and holders of the T20 World Cup. The ten teams are divided into two groups,Group A and Group B. Teams will face each team once in the group stages before the top 2 teams from both the groups go on and battle in the semi-finals of the tournament. Group A contains Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. On the other hand Group B has Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan and West Indies.

The tournament will take place in India, which will also be holding the Men’s World T20 Championship during the same time. The first match will be played between India and Bangladesh at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangaluru. The other venues are - Chennai, Kolkata, Dharamsala, Delhi, Mohali, Nagpur and Mumbai.

The first of the Semi-finals will take place on 30th March 2016 at Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi and the other semi-final will be played on the next day at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The final will take place on 3rd April 2016 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Meanwhile the warm-up matches for the tournament will begin from 10th March onwards.