The International Cricket Council has announced a massive increase in prize money for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, which is set to take place later this month in India and Sri Lanka.
Speaking at the event as quoted by ICC, Shah said, "The return of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 to India comes at a defining moment for the women's game, setting the stage for a truly world-class tournament that will further elevate the sport's global stature.
The warm-up fixtures for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup to be hosted by India this year have been revealed, with the matches to start from September 25 onwards with two high-octane South Africa-New Zealand and India-England clashes. The warm-up matches will take place until September 28,
The warm-up matches will take place until September 28 and give all eight teams involved in the tournament some game time ahead of the showpiece event, set to take place from September 30 to November 2, as per the ICC.
Mandhana reached this feat during her side's first T20I of five matches against England at Nottingham on Saturday. During the game, the left-handed opener smashed 112 in just 62 balls, with 15 fours and three sixes, at a strike rate of 180.65.
Having last played for the White Ferns in December, in an ODI against Australia, the New Zealand veteran is set to return to the national side for the T20I series against Australia, which begins in Auckland on Friday.
With a strong finish to 2024 after series wins against India and New Zealand, she says they are all set and fully motivated to compete for yet another trophy when they arrive in India for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup later this year.
Kho Kho World Cup (January 13-19 in New Delhi), the India Open badminton competition in New Delhi (January 14-19), the Mumbai Marathon (January 19), the Khelo India Winter Games (January 23-February 25 in Jammu and Kashmir) and National Games (January 28-February 14 in Uttarakhand) will mar
In 12 ODI innings this year, Mandhana made 747 runs at an average of 61.91, with strike rate of 95.15, with four centuries and three fifties. Her best score was 136.