Women's World Cup 2025: Bengaluru fixtures moved to Navi Mumbai

The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will play host to five games for the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 and has replaced the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as a venue for the mega tournament, the ICC announced on Friday (August 22).

This comes after the Karnataka State Association failed to secure permission from the Karnataka State Government to host the games.The uncertainty of Bengaluru hosting games in the mega event wasfirst reported by Cricbuzz on August 7 and came in the aftermath of the tragic stampede that occured in celebration of RCB's IPL title win.

The DY Patil Stadium will host three league fixtures, one semi-final and potentially the final - which is also earmarked for Colombo if Pakistan qualifies for the summit clash. Navi Mumbai is one of five venues for the Women's World Cup with the other four being the ACA Stadium in Guwahati, ACA-VDCA Stadium in Vizag, Holkar Stadium in Indore and the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Other changes to the schedule include the inaugural game between joint hosts India and Sri Lanka on September 30, which was slated to be played in Bengaluru now moved to the ACA Stadium in Guwahati. The October 3 clash between England and South Africa has also been moved to Guwahati. As a result of two of the earlier games in the tournament moving to Guwahati, Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh on October 20 and India vs New Zealand on October 23 have been moved to Navi Mumbai.

The other interchange sees Guwahati set to host the New Zealand vs Bangladesh tie on October 10 instead of Vizag while the ACA-VDCA Stadium will host the penultimate league clash between England and New Zealand on October 26.

The top-four sides from the league stage will progress to the semifinals, with first-place playing fourth and second taking on third. The tournament will be played from September 30 to November 2.

Revised schedule:

Tuesday 30 September: India v Sri Lanka - Guwahati

Wednesday 1 October: Australia v New Zealand - Indore

Thursday 2 October: Bangladesh v Pakistan - Colombo

Friday 3 October: England v South Africa - Guwahati

Saturday 4 October: Australia v Sri Lanka - Colombo

Sunday 5 October: India v Pakistan - Colombo

Monday 6 October: New Zealand v South Africa - Indore

Tuesday 7 October: England v Bangladesh - Guwahati

Wednesday 8 October: Australia v Pakistan - Colombo

Thursday 9 October: India v South Africa - Vizag

Friday 10 October: New Zealand v Bangladesh - Guwahati

Saturday 11 October: England v Sri Lanka - Colombo

Sunday 12 October: India v Australia - Vizag

Monday 13 October: South Africa v Bangladesh - Vizag

Tuesday 14 October: New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Colombo

Wednesday 15 October: England v Pakistan - Colombo

Thursday 16 October: Australia v Bangladesh - Vizag

Friday 17 October: South Africa v Sri Lanka - Colombo

Saturday 18 October: New Zealand v Pakistan - Colombo

Sunday 19 October: India v England - Indore

Monday 20 October: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh - Navi Mumbai

Tuesday 21 October: South Africa v Pakistan - Colombo

Wednesday 22 October: Australia v England - Indore

Thursday 23 October: India v New Zealand - Navi Mumbai

Friday 24 October: Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Colombo

Saturday 25 October: Australia v Sri Lanka - Indore

Sunday 26 October: England v New Zealand - Vizag

Sunday 26 October: India v Bangladesh - Navi Mumbai

Wednesday 29 October: Semi-final 1 - Guwahati/Colombo

Thursday 30 October: Semi-final 2 - Navi Mumbai

Sunday 2 November: Final - Colombo/Navi Mumbai