ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: The upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is soon to take place in South Africa, starting on February 10th. This highly-anticipated event for female athletes follows the recent success of India’s U-19 team, led by Shafali Verma, who triumphed in the first-ever ICC U19 Women’s World Cup held in South Africa, beating Australia in the final match.
The 8th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is set to kick off on February 10th, 2023, with South Africa facing Sri Lanka as the host nation. The tournament will feature several matches taking place in Paarl, Gqeberha, and Cape Town, with the semifinals being held in Cape Town.
The championship game will be held on February 26th, 2023, with the following day as a backup in case of any major disruptions to play.
All ten participating teams have unveiled their competitive rosters for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Group 2 consists of India, Pakistan, England, Ireland, and West Indies, while group 1 is composed of Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Squads
Group 1: As we talked about earlier the first group comprised 5 teams including New Zealand, Australia, S. Africa, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
Country | Squad |
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NEW ZEALAND | Sophie Devine (c) Suzie Bates Lauren Down Maddy Green Brooke Halliday Bernadine Bezuidenhout Eden Carson Hayley Jensen Fran Jonas Amelia Kerr Jess Kerr Molly Penfold Georgia Plimmer Hannah Rowe Lea Tahuhu |
AUSTRALIA | Meg Lanning (c) Alyssa Healy (vc) Ashleigh Gardner Kim Garth Ellyse Perry Darcie Brown Heather Graham Grace Harris Jess Jonassen Alana King Tahlia McGrath Beth Mooney Megan Schutt Annabel Sutherland Georgia Wareham |
SOUTH AFRICA | Sune Luus (c) Lara Goodall Ayabonga Khaka Chloe Tryon Annerie Dercksen Marizanne Kapp Nadine de Klerk Shabnim Ismail Tazmin Brits Laura Wolvaardt Sinalo Jafta Masabata Klaas Nonkululeko Mlaba Anneke Bosch Delmi Tucker. |
SRI LANKA | Chamari Athapaththu (c) Oshadi Ranasinghe Kavisha Dilhari Anushka Sanjeewani Harshitha Samarawickrama Nilakshi de Silva Kaushini Nuthyangana Malsha Shehani Inoka Ranaweera Sugandika Kumari Achini Kulasuriya Vishmi Gunaratne Tharika Sewwandi Ama Kanchana Sathya Sandeepani |
Bangladesh | Nigar Sultana Joty (c) Marufa Akter Dilara Akter Jahanara Alam Rumana Ahmed Fahima Khatun Salma Khatun Lata Mondol Shorna Akter Nahida Akter Murshida Khatun Ritu Moni Sobhana Mostary Fargana Hoque Pinky Fariha Islam Trisna |
In group 2 Teams Like India, Pakistan, England, Ireland, and West Indies exist.
Country | Squad |
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India | Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain) Shafali Verma Yastika Bhatia (wk) Richa Ghosh (wk) Jemimah Rodrigues Harleen Deol Deepti Sharma Devika Vaidya Radha Yadav Renuka Thakur Anjali Sarvani Pooja Vastrakar Rajeshwari Gayakwad Shikha Pandey |
Pakistan | Bismah Maroof (c) Aimen Anwar Aliya Riaz Ayesha Naseem Diana Baig Fatima Sana Javeria Khan Muneeba Ali (wk) Nashra Sandhu Nida Dar Omaima Sohail Sadia Iqbal Sidra Amin Sidra Nawaz (wk) Tuba Hassan |
England | Heather Knight (c) Lauren Bell Maia Bouchier Katherine Brunt Alice Capsey Kate Cross Freya Davies Charlie Dean Sophia Dunkley Sophie Ecclestone Sarah Glenn Amy Jones Nat Sciver Lauren Winfield-Hill Danni Wyatt. |
Ireland | Laura Delany (c) Rachel Delaney Georgina Dempsey Amy Hunter Shauna Kavanagh Arlene Kelly Gaby Lewis Louise Little Sophie MacMahon Jane Maguire Cara Murray Leah Paul Orla Prendergast Eimear Richardson Mary Waldron. |
West Indies | Hayley Matthews (c) Shemaine Campbelle (vc) Aaliyah Alleyne Chinelle Henry Trishan Holder Shamilia Connell Afy Fletcher Shabika Gajnabi Zaida James Karishma Ramharack Shakera Selman Djenaba Joseph Chedean Nation Stafanie Taylor Rashada Williams. |
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The ICC has announced the schedule for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa next year, with Bangladesh and Ireland taking the bottom two places after qualifying for the 10-team tournament.