ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 Kicks Off Today; When does India face Pakistan? Details here

The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 begins today with the opening match between India and Sri Lanka. Among the highlights of the tournament is the much-anticipated India vs Pakistan clash on October 5.

Colombo: The ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025 is scheduled to begin from today 30 september. In the tournament a total of eight teams participating. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting this World Cup tournament. The first match will be played today between India and Sri Lanka. The ODI World Cup is played in a round-robin format, so a match between India and Pakistan is certain.

Round-Robin Format Tournament

The Women's ODI World Cup 2025 will be played in a round-robin format. All eight teams will face each other once in the league stage. The top four teams in the standings will qualify for the knockout stage. The teams will then advance through the semi-finals to reach the final, which will be played on November 2nd.

India vs Pakistan

The Indian team will play its first match today, 30th September, against Sri Lanka. October 5th will be a special day for Team India, as it will also feature India and Pakistan.

India's Schedule

The Indian team will face South Africa on October 9th, Australia on October 12th, and England on October 19th. They will face New Zealand on October 23rd, and India's final league stage match will be against Bangladesh on October 26th.

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• September 30th - India vs. Sri Lanka
• October 5th - India vs. Pakistan
• October 9th - India vs. South Africa
• October 12th - India vs. Australia
• October 19th - India vs. England
• October 23rd - India vs. New Zealand
• October 26th - India vs. Bangladesh

Women's ODI World Cup 2025 Venues

• DY Patil Stadium (Navi Mumbai)
• Assam Cricket Association Stadium (Guwahati)
• ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam)
• Holkar Stadium (Indore)
• R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo)

Squads of India and Pakistan

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Pratik Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chhetri, Renuka Singh Thakur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaur.

Reserve players: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare.

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Pakistan: Fatima Sana (captain), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vice-captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Aiman ​​Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervez, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Arub Shah.

Reserves players: Gul Feroza, Naziha Alvi, Tooba Hasan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.