Bengaluru is off Women's World Cup (WWC) radar and there will be a new venue for the ODI World Cup beginning September 30. Apart from Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, Indore (in India) and Colombo, there will be another hosting city and the International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to make the announcement within a day or two. Thiruvananthapuram is considered favourite for the displaced games.
WOMEN'S ODI WORLD CUP, 2025
Women's World Cup 2025: Bengaluru games shifted; Trivandrum likely to host
Bengaluru was set to host five games, including the final, besides a majority of warm-up fixtures © AFP
Although a formal announcement is not yet out, the decision is understood to have been made late on Monday night after the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) failed to secure permission for the games, despite the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) granting a two-day extension. The original deadline was Saturday (August 9), but the BCCI is believed to have told the beleaguered KSCA that it will wait till Monday (August 11).
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