It was around 11:15 pm in India and around 7,500 km away on a muggy evening in Derby in July 2017, India’s vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur had written history. Her on-field effort helped the Indian team to cruise its way through to the final of ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. She plundered Australian resources like never before and had given enough stories to the cricket journalist all across the globe to write about.
The likes of Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Mansi Joshi, and many others were unknown to many watching this sport before the start of the World Cup had suddenly been in the limelight. The expectations of competing had suddenly switched to the hunger of winning. Indian Women’s Cricket which was treated as Mithali Raj’s team or Jhulan Goswami’s team was suddenly seen as a unit.
That 9-run loss against the Englishwomen in the final was never seen as a ‘loss’ to Indian Cricket. The team which came into the tournament as underdogs was instantaneously seen as pure contenders to even clinch the title.
The Sport which was earlier poisoned by the need to entertain instead of uplift the audience had finally risen on its feet to give the same stature to the women’s cricket. The ‘unwrinkled’ hands started to look wrinkled, the viewership for Women’s cricket had suddenly shot up, and the ‘Indian Cricket team’ was finally seen as Men’s and Women’s team.
After almost a year and a half the Women’s cricket will once again be in action at the World’s stage, competing against 9 top-quality teams in the shortest format of the game. The 15-member squad seems to be working regressively with the full fortitude to rewind former times and tinker with ‘lost’ destiny.
And now, when the clocks will switch to 9th of November it will once again give an opportunity not only to the 11 players who step on the field but also to the passionate cricket-loving country to show their ‘love’ for the game.
It won’t be wrong to say that the Indian Women’s Cricket still stand between two points where every game is important for them as a team to let the belief of 1.5 billion people stay intact. A tournament win here will certainly change Indian Cricket forever.
Even the thought of ‘fluke’ will never pop ever again. The shortest format of the game can build the longest affectionate concordance between the spectators and the players.
The 15-day tournament carries a whole lot of excitement and anticipation, but above all carries expectations, and especially from the Indian Cricket. So, will this stint prove to be a blessing for Indian Women’s Cricket?
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Fixtures for the T20 Women’s World Cup:
FRI 9/11 – 08:30 PM IST
1st Match, Group B, at Providence, Nov 9 2018
IND-W vs NZ-W
SAT 10/11 – 01:30 AM IST
2nd Match, Group B, (D/N) at Providence, Nov 9 2018
AUS-W vs PAK-W
SAT 10/11 – 05:30 AM IST
3rd Match, Group A, (N) at Providence, Nov 9 2018
WI-W vs BD-W
SUN 11/11 – 01:30 AM IST
4th Match, Group A, (D/N) at Gros Islet, Nov 10 2018
ENG-W vs SL-W
SUN 11/11 – 08:30 PM IST
5th Match, Group B, at Providence, Nov 11 2018
IND-W vs PAK-W
MON 12/11 – 01:30 AM IST
6th Match, Group B, (D/N) at Providence, Nov 11 2018
AUS-W vs IRE-W
TUE 13/11 – 01:30 AM IST
7th Match, Group A, (D/N) at Gros Islet, Nov 12 2018
BD-W vs ENG-W
TUE 13/11 – 05:30 AM IST
8th Match, Group A, (N) at Gros Islet, Nov 12 2018
SA-W vs SL-W
WED 14/11 – 01:30 AM IST
9th Match, Group B, (D/N) at Providence, Nov 13 2018
IRE-W vs PAK-W
WED 14/11 – 05:30 AM IST
10th Match, Group B, (N) at Providence, Nov 13 2018
AUS-W vs NZ-W
THU 15/11 – 01:30 AM IST
11th Match, Group A, (D/N) at Gros Islet, Nov 14 2018
BD-W vs SL-W
THU 15/11 – 05:30 AM IST
12th Match, Group A, (N) at Gros Islet, Nov 14 2018
WI-W vs SA-W
THU 15/11 – 08:30 PM IST
13th Match, Group B, at Providence, Nov 15 2018
IND-W Vs IRE-W
FRI 16/11 – 01:30 AM IST
14th Match, Group B, (D/N) at Providence, Nov 15 2018
NZ-W Vs PAK-W
SAT 17/11 – 01:30 AM IST
15th Match, Group A, (D/N) at Gros Islet, Nov 16 2018
ENG-W Vs SA-W
SAT 17/11 – 05:30 AM IST
16th Match, Group A, (N) at Gros Islet, Nov 16 2018
WI-W Vs SL-W
SAT 17/11 – 08:30 PM IST
17th Match, Group B, at Providence, Nov 17 2018
AUS-W Vs IND-W
SUN 18/11 – 01:30 AM IST
18th Match, Group B, (D/N) at Providence, Nov 17 2018
IRE-W Vs NZ-W
MON 19/11 – 01:30 AM IST
19th Match, Group A, (D/N) at Gros Islet, Nov 18 2018
WI-W Vs ENG-W
MON 19/11 – 05:30 AM IST
20th Match, Group A, (N) at Gros Islet, Nov 18 2018
BD-W Vs SA-W
FRI 23/11 – 01:30 AM IST
1st Semi-Final, (D/N) at North Sound, Nov 22 2018
TBA Vs TBA
FRI 23/11 – 05:30 AM IST
2nd Semi-Final, (N) at North Sound, Nov 22 2018
TBA Vs TBA
SUN 25/11 – 05:30 AM IST
Final, (N) at North Sound, Nov 24 2018
TBA Vs TBA
Squad Analysis:
Australian Women’s Cricket Squad Analysis for T20 World Cup 2018
New Zealand Women’s Cricket Squad Analysis for T20 World Cup 2018
West Indies Women’s Cricket Squad Analysis for T20 World Cup 2018
England’s T20 World Cup 2018 Squad Analysis
Squad Analysis and Road to the T20 World Cup for Indian women’s cricket team
Squad:
Sri lanka name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
West Indies name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
South Africa name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
Pakistan name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
New Zealand name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
Ireland name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
India name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
Bangladesh name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
Australia name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
England name their T20 Squad for upcoming Women’s World Cup 2018
Fixtures:
ICC Women’s World T20 2018 schedule announced
Officiating Squad
Officiating team of Women’s T20 World Cup 2018 Announced
