The ICC Women's World T20 kick starts on 11th March 2016 in India. There are ten team participating in the T20 World Cup. There are two groups of five teams each and the matches will be played in Round-robin format, that is every team plays against every other team in its group. The teams in Group A are Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland, whereas in Group B we have England, West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. A total of 23 matches will be played in the tournament. The tournament will be played across different cities in India like Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi. The final match is staged in Kolkata on 3rd April 2016.The winning team gets a handsome prize money of $400,000, which is a whooping 122% more than that of 2014.
The defending champions Australia would have to fight hard to retain their title as they have the likes of South Africa and New Zealand in their group. India on the other hand should make use of the home advantage and look to better their performance compared to their previous T20 World Cup outings. A lot would be dependent on senior players like Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami who have been around for over 10 years in world cricket.
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