The matches scheduled to be held at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy stadium will now be held at DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai in the upcoming Women’s World Cup 2025, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday, along with an updated list of fixtures. DY Patil stadium thus joins other venues – ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam) and R Premadasa Stadium (Colombo, Sri Lanka) – to host the Women’s World Cup 2025.

The decision to shift all the matches from Chinnaswamy came after it was deemed unfit by the state authorities to hold international games following a stampede at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL-winning victory celebrations which killed 11, including a minor.

The DY Patil Stadium will host up to five fixtures, which comprises of three league matches, a semifinal and potentially the final for the 13th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup on 2 November. The tournament starts on September 30.

As per the initial schedule, Bengaluru was to host five matches – India vs Sri Lanka (September 30), India vs Bangladesh (October 3), England vs South Africa (October 26), semifinal 2 (October 30) and potentially a final (November 2 in case Pakistan do not qualify).

Based on the updated ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 schedule, the India vs Sri Lanka tournament opener will now be hosted in Guwahati. The DY Patil stadium will host Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (October 20), India vs New Zealand (October 23), India vs Bangladesh (October 26), semifinal 2 (October 30) and the final on November 2 if Pakistan does not qualify).

Although BCCI is the host of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, Sri Lanka’s Colombo will play host to all Pakistan matches since the Women in Green won’t travel to India. Colombo could host the first semifinal on October 29, provided Pakistan qualify.