MUMBAI: The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, new Chandigarh, will host the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup final, which will be held later this year.
The tournament is likely to be held between September 29 and October 26. The eight-team tournament, hosted by India, will see matches being played in five venues – Guwahati, Vishakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram and Indore, apart from Mullanpur, a village in the outskirts of Chandigarh.
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While it has staged a few IPL matches, Mullanpur, a 38,000-capacity stadium, is yet to stage an international game. Thiruvananthapuram or Raipur too have never hosted a women’s international match yet. While Indore has staged two women’s ODIs at the Nehru Stadium, including one in the 1997 World Cup, the Holkar Stadium there will stage women’s ODI for the first time.
Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka, apart from hosts India, have already qualified for the competition. The last two teams will be decided in the six-team Women’s World Cup Qualifiers that will be played in Lahore from April 9-19.
If Pakistan qualify for the tournament, the World Cup will be held in a hybrid model, with the UAE and Sri Lanka being the likely added venue to host matches featuring Pakistan.
While the India venues of the tournament have been finalised, the final schedule of the tournament, which will run from Sept 24-Nov 2, will be announced only after the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.