Sri Lanka to face Australia & India at WorldT20

The National Women’s cricket team has been pooled along with hosts Australia, India and New Zealand during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be staged in 2020.

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 will take place from February 21 to March 8 in 2020 in Australia, followed by the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 from October 18 to November 15.

This will be the first time when the women’s and men’s T20 World Cups will be held as standalone events in the same year and in the same country. Finals of both the tournaments will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Ten women teams will contest 23 matches and 16 men teams will contest 45 matches across Australia in eight host cities and 13 venues.

Women’s defending champions Australia will play India in the opening game of the tournament while the men’s tournament will open its Super 12 stage with hosts Australia taking on Pakistan.

The Lankan ladies will kick start their campaign against New Zealand on the 3rd of March in Perth while the men’s team is expected play the qualifiers ahead of the main draw in October.

Courtesy :NEWSRADIO