NEW DELHI, Aug 20: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the change in venue for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. The tournament has been moved out of Bangladesh and will now take place in the United Arab Emirates from October 3 to 20.
According to an ICC release posted on X, the ninth edition of the women’s mega-event in the shortest format will now take place in the UAE, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) continuing to host the event. The tournament will take place across two venues in the UAE: Dubai and Sharjah.
“It is a shame not to be hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, as we know the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would have staged a memorable event,” ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said in a statement.
“I would like to thank the team at the BCB for exploring all avenues to try and enable the event to be hosted in Bangladesh, but travel advisories from the governments of a number of the participating teams meant that wasn’t feasible. However, they will retain hosting rights. We look forward to taking an ICC global event to Bangladesh in the near future.”
“I’d also like to thank the Emirates Cricket Board for stepping in to host on behalf of the BCB and Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe for their generous offers of support, and we look forward to seeing ICC global events in both of those countries in 2026.”
A total of 10 teams—India, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, the West Indies, Bangladesh, and Scotland—will fight for the big prize this year. Australia is the most successful team in Women’s T20 World Cup history, with six titles to its name. Australia have won the last three editions of the tournament played in the West Indies (2018), Australia (2020), and South Africa (2023).
India reached the final of the 2020 edition of the tournament but suffered an embarrassing defeat by 85 runs against the Aussies in the summit clash played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 8.
(Manas Dasgupta)
