World cricket has been put on hold due to Coronavirus pandemic.
The Indian women’s team has qualified for the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup 2021 to be held in New Zealand.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday (15 April) announced that along with India, New Zealand, Australia, England, and South Africa have also qualified for the ICC mega event.
“Technical Committee (TC) has decided that teams will share points in all three series in the ICC Women’s Championship that did not take place during the competition window,” ICC said in the announcement.
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The ICC release further said that “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.”
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The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers are scheduled to be played from 3-19 July in Sri Lanka which 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),” the ICC release said.
(With India Today inputs)