Navi Mumbai replaces Bengaluru as ICC announces revised schedule, venues for Women’s World Cup

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New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a revised schedule for the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 in India and Sri Lanka. Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium replaced Bengaluru’s M.Chinnaswamy Stadium as one of the five venues to host the tournament.

The eight-team event will start on September 30, and the DY Patil Stadium will hos at least five matches, comprising three league games, a semi-final, and a potential final.

The dates of the tournament and the other four hosting venues, ACA Stadium in Guwahati, Holkar Stadium in Indore, ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam and R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, remain unchanged.

The final of the Women’s ODI World Cup is scheduled to be held either in Colombo or Navi Mumbai on 2 November, while the first semi-final is set to be played in Guwahati or Colombo on 29 October and the second semi-final in Navi Mumbai on 30 October.

The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) failed to secure police approvals after the stampede during RCB’s IPL victory parade and missed a series of BCCI deadlines. The M.Chinnaswamy Stadium hasn’t hosted any top-flight matches after the stampede incident, which led to the deaths of 11 people.

A committee also deemed the stadium unsafe to host large-scale games, which forced the KSCA to shift Maharaja T20 matches from Bengaluru to Mysuru. Before Mumbai, the BCCI identified Thiruvananthapuram to host the Bengaluru games, but the lack of direct flights from other venues proved a big issue.

‘Navi Mumbai emerged as a genuine home for women’s cricket in recent years’: ICC Chairman Jay Shah

ICC Chairman Jay Shah said that Navi Mumbai has emerged as a genuine home for women’s cricket in recent years, and the support it has received during international fixtures and the Women’s Premier League has been remarkable.

“I am certain that the same energy will define the big matches of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup as it returns to India after 12 years. We stand at a pivotal moment in the journey of the women’s game. This World Cup has the potential to be remembered as one of those defining milestones that shaped the sport’s future, not only in India but across the cricketing world,” he added.