Women's ODI World Cup at four Indian venues and Colombo

The 2025 edition of the women's ODI World Cup will be played from September 30 to November 2 in Bengaluru, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Indore in India, with Colombo in Sri Lanka as a neutral venue.

Though the full schedule is yet to be released by the ICC, it's likely that all of Pakistan's league games will be in Colombo based on the hybrid model agreed upon by the BCCI and the PCB earlier this year. The need for this arrangement arose due to strained relations between the two countries and India playing their 2025 Champions Trophy matches in Dubai instead of in the host country, Pakistan. The PCB in turn said Pakistan would not travel to India for tournaments in the foreseeable future.

The women's ODI World Cup opener involving India will be played in Bengaluru, which will also host the second semi-final on October 30. The first semi-final will be played in Guwahati or Colombo, depending on whether Pakistan qualify. The final on November 2 will be held in either Bengaluru or Colombo for the same reason.

New Chandigarh, which was earlier in the running to host matches, including the final, has been dropped from the list of venues. ESPNcricinfo understands that the BCCI received internal feedback raising concerns over India potentially playing a final at a venue where they haven't played a single international fixture.

Bengaluru, in contrast, has regularly hosted games and has attracted strong crowds for international matches as well as the Women's Premier League.

India are hosting the women's ODI World Cup for the first time since 2013. They also hosted the women's T20 World Cup in 2016. The format for the 2025 tournament will be the same as in 2022, with each of the eight teams playing the other in a round-robin format, with the top four making the semi-finals. A total of 31 matches will be played.

Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka, apart from hosts India, qualified directly for the tournament. The last two spots were taken by Pakistan and Bangladesh at the qualifiers in Lahore earlier this year. The tournament will not feature West Indies, who missed out to Bangladesh on net run-rate at the qualifier.

The 2026 women's T20 World Cup in England will begin on June 12 at Edgbaston and end on July 5, with the final at Lord's. The semi-finals will be played at The Oval on June 30 and July 2.

The tournament will include 12 teams, more than any previous edition, and up from ten last time. It comprises 33 matches in 24 days at seven venues, the other four being Manchester, Leeds, Southampton and Bristol.

England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies and defending champions New Zealand have already qualified for the World Cup. The remaining four teams will be decided at a qualifying tournament next year.