Dubai, Jul 15 (PTI) India will play warmup matches towards England and New Zealand in Bengaluru, forward of the Girls’s ODI World Cup being collectively organised by India and Sri Lanka in September-October this yr.
Pakistan will play each their warmup video games in addition to its World Cup matches in Sri Lanka, as agreed mutually by the BCCI and Pakistan Cricket Board.
India will tackle England within the first warmup sport on September 25 at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence floor and play New Zealand on the Chinnaswamy Stadium on September 27, three days earlier than the beginning of the match on the identical venue on September 30.
Pakistan will play their warmup video games in Colombo on September 25 and 28 on the Colombo Cricket Membership towards Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka ‘A’ groups respectively.
“In all, 9 day-night matches shall be performed from 25-28 September on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 floor (each Bengaluru), R Premadasa Stadium and Colombo Cricket Membership (each Colombo),” ICC mentioned in a launch on Tuesday.
Eight groups are competing within the round-robin warmups with matches throughout 4 venues in Bengaluru and Colombo.
Defending champions Australia, the one crew not taking part in on the opening day of the warmups, begin with a match towards arch-foes England on the BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 floor on September 27.
The 50-over World Cup, which is returning to the sub-continent after 12 years, shall be performed from September 30 to November 2 at 5 venues — M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam) and R Premdasa Stadium (Colombo).
September 25: Bengaluru – India vs England at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 floor; South Africa vs New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Colombo Cricket Membership; Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka ‘A’ at R Premadasa Stadium.
September 27: Bengaluru – Australia vs England at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 floor; India vs New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Colombo – Sri Lanka versus Bangladesh at Colombo Cricket Membership.
Sept 28: Bengaluru – South Africa vs India ‘A’ at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 floor. Colombo – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka ‘A’ at Colombo Cricket Membership.
