India are set to play Pakistan on October 5 in Colombo in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. India are the hosts of the tournament but a few matches will be also be played in Colombo after the Board of Crontrol for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) inked an agreement earlier this year.
According to the agreement, the India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC events will be played at neutral venues from during the 2024-2027 time period. That means Pakistan will play all their games in Colombo. The tournament starts with a blockbuster clash with India taking on Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on September 30 as the Women’s ODI World Cup returns to the country after 12 years.
The September 30-November 2 competition will be played across four venues in India – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam) – and one venue in Sri Lanka – R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo).
The first semifinal and the final could be hosted by Colombo, provided Pakistan qualify for the knockout games. In case Pakistan do not qualify for the last four stage, the first semifinal and the final will be hosted in Guwahati and Bengaluru respectively. October 29 and 30 will host the semifinals before the final on November 2.
While hosts India, along with Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka had already qualified through rankings, Bangladesh and Pakistan joined the heavyweights through Qualifiers.
Australia enter the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 as defending champions, having defeated England in the final in 2022. Australia are also the most successful side in the competition with seven titles.
