Cricket icons Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh joined a star-studded gathering in Mumbai to mark the ‘50 Days to Go’ milestone for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. The event also witnessed the launch of the official Trophy Tour, which will travel across India and Sri Lanka.
The celebrations were inaugurated by ICC Chairman Jay Shah, followed by panel discussions featuring Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta. The conversations focused on the growth, challenges, and future of women’s cricket.
Jay Shah expressed optimism about the tournament’s role in boosting the sport’s global stature:
“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.”
Tournament Details & Trophy Tour
The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will be contested in a round-robin format by eight teams — Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. This marks the first women’s global cricket event in the subcontinent since India hosted the 2016 Women’s T20 World Cup.
India previously hosted the Women’s World Cup in 1978, 1997, and 2013.
The Trophy Tour will cover all host cities and iconic Indian landmarks, along with stops in Delhi and Mumbai. Fans can follow its journey via a dedicated Instagram channel.
“𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒉.
As part of a school legacy programme, the tour will visit schools in every host city, offering select students the chance to attend matches and experience the excitement firsthand.
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