The Women's T20 World Cup is going to start in UAE on 3 October, which will last for 17 days. The final match will be played on 20 October. The Indian team will start its journey in this tournament on 4 October against New Zealand. After the men's team became the champion in the West Indies, now the expectations of the trophy from the women's team have also increased. Warm-up matches of the tournament will be played between 28 September and 1 October. During this, the Indian team will face West Indies on 29 September and South Africa on 1 October. These two matches will make it clear how prepared Team India is.

Why are warm-up matches important?

Both the warm-up matches are very important to assess the preparations of the Indian team. Recently there was news of 4 important players getting injured. Two main bowlers of the Indian pace attack, Pooja Vastrakar and Arundhati Reddy were suffering from shoulder injuries. At the same time, right-arm spin bowler Shreyanka Patil had a fracture in her finger. Her ankle was also twisted, which increased the concern.

Indian team's middle order main batsman Jemima Rodriguez was also suffering from a finger injury. However, all these players were practicing along with recovery under the supervision of the medical team. It was expected that everyone would be fit by the time the tournament started. Everyone's condition will become clear during the warm-up matches. Apart from this, the fitness and form of other players of the team will also be estimated.

Full schedule of warm up matches

A total of 10 teams are participating in the Women's T20 World Cup. Before the tournament begins, all teams will get a chance to play two warm-up matches each. A total of 10 matches will be played in the 4-day warm-up. The Indian team will play its first match at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai and the second at ICC Academy Ground No. 2. These matches will start at 7.30 pm Indian time. Fans can watch all the warm-up matches on Star Sports Network along with the Disney Plus Hotstar app.

The first match of the warm-up match will be played between Pakistan and Scotland on 28 September. On the same day, Sri Lanka will face Bangladesh. On 29 September, 3 matches will be played. On this day, New Zealand will face South Africa, India will face West Indies and Australia will face England. On 30 September, apart from Sri Lanka and Scotland, Pakistan and Bangladesh will also face each other. On 1 October, apart from the West Indies and Australia, England and New Zealand, India and South Africa will also face each other.