ICC Women T20 World Cup to be hosted in the UAE

Originally to be held in Bangladesh, the 2024 edition of ICC Women T20 World Cup is to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Bangladesh has backed out at the last moment from hosting the WC tournament. 

As per reports, it can be expected that the World Tournament is to be played at the Sharjah and Dubai stadiums through October, 2024.

The tournament is to be held between Friday Oct 3 to Sunday Oct 20. Both the stadiums are expected to have a crowd of 25000 cricket fans. 

UAE was made the first choice ahead of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe after Bangladesh backed out from hosting the Women’s Cricket tournament as per confirmation on August 20, 2024.

ICC Backs UAE as Women’s WC Host;

ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice thanked the Emirati Cricket Board for stepping in to host the tournament at the last moment. He stated, “It’s a shame not to host the Women’s WC in Bangladesh as we know the BCB would have staged a memorable event.”

“I would like to thank the team from BCB for exploring all avenues to try and enable the event to be hosted in Bangladesh, but travel advisors from the governments of a number of participating teams meant that wasn’t feasible.”

“I would like to thank the Emirates Cricket Board for stepping in to host on the behalf of BCB and Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe for  their generous offers of support, and we look forward to hosting ICC tournaments there in 2026.”

Countries Participating in the Tournament;

Defending Champions Australia will be looking forward to retaining the feather after defeating 9 nations. The top 6 nations list includes England, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and the West Indies other than Australia. 

While the UAE is the host, Bangladesh still qualifies for the tournament and may send a team. The last 3 spots will be taken by Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Scotland.