U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025: India placed with hosts Malaysia in Group A, Pakistan in Group B

Team India, the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup winner, is placed in Group A alongside West Indies, Sri Lanka and the hosts Malaysia for the second edition beginning January 18, 2025 and ending on February 2. Four venues across the country will host 41 matches involving 16 teams divided into groups of four. The Bayuemas Oval in Selangor will host all Group A games and the final. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ICC (@icc) × Meanwhile, India’s arch-rivals Pakistan is grouped alongside England, Ireland and the USA in Group B. Group C includes New Zealand, South Africa, a team from Africa Qualifiers, which is yet to be decided and Samoa, which is making its first World Cup appearance across any age division. Group D will feature the heavyweights Australia, Bangladesh, Scotland and an Asian Qualifier.

Day one of the competition will feature six matches, including Australia vs Scotland, England vs Ireland and Pakistan vs the USA. Team India will begin their title defence against West Indies on the second day, while 16 warm-up matches will take place from January 13-16.

“This is a special event to the ICC and forms an important part of our Global Growth Strategy of raising the profile of women's cricket and further growing the game around the world,” ICC CEO Geoff Allardice said in a statement.

“It is also a unique opportunity to introduce our vast global audiences to the future stars of the sport.

“We look forward to building on the success from the foundation laid at the inaugural event in South Africa in 2023. We wish all the teams the very best of luck in their preparation and to the Malaysian Cricket Association in organising the event,” he continued.

Malaysia is proud to host the tournament

Speaking on ICC’s vision of expanding cricket worldwide, host tournament director Dinesh Muthuraman said, “Malaysia is proud to host the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup in 2025, continuing our tradition of supporting the growth of cricket on the global stage."

“Women's cricket is experiencing unprecedented growth both in Malaysia and around the world. We are fully confident that this World Cup will further accelerate that momentum, leading to significant developments in the sport, especially for women's cricket,” he added.

Thailand and Malaysia were scheduled to host the tournament earlier, but with Thailand opting out, Malaysia will solely host the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup next year.

Malaysia also hosted the U19 Men’s T20 WC in 2008, which featured stars like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Steve Smith, among others.

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