The Indian Women’s cricket team have qualified for the World Cup that will be held in New Zealand next year, the ICC announced on Wednesday.
Along with the hosts, Australia, England, South Africa have earned a direct qualification berth for the 50-over event that will be held from February 6 to March 7 next year.
The ICC made the decision after they decided that all teams will share points in all three series’ in the ICC Women’s Championship that did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
India have currently won 10 ODIs and lost 8 of the 21 that they have played thus far in the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI Championship. They last played an ODI series in November 2019 against West Indies, which they won 2-1.
“Australia (37 points), England (29), South Africa (25) and now India (23) have qualified by virtue of being the top four. Pakistan (19), New Zealand (17), West Indies (13) and Sri Lanka (5) complete the table,” an ICC release said.
“The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier is scheduled to be played from 3-19 July in Sri Lanka, this is subject to review due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The 10 teams vying for the three remaining places in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 will be the hosts, Sri Lanka, along with Pakistan and West Indies from the ICC Women’s Championship, the two other teams with ODI status, Bangladesh and Ireland, and the winners of the five regional qualifiers – Thailand (Asia), Zimbabwe (Africa), Papua New Guinea (East Asia Pacific), United States of America (Americas) and Netherlands (Europe).”