Tigresses set for heavy travel during Women’s World Cup

Bangladesh will shuttle between Sri Lanka and India four times for their round robin matches of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, which will be held in those two neighbouring countries from September 30 to November 2.

The quadrennial tournament will get underway at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru with the match between India and Sri Lanka, the two host nations, with action starting at 3:00pm local time. In fact, all the matches of the tournament will get underway at the same time.

Bangladesh will start their campaign on October 2 against Pakistan in Colombo. The women in red and green will then fly to Guwahati in Assam for the October 7 match against England before squaring off against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, three days later. The Tigresses will play their next two matches against South Africa and Australia at the same venue, on October 13 and 16 respectively.

Nigar Sultana Joty and Co will again fly for Colombo to take on the hosts on October 20 before flying back to Bengaluru in Karnataka for their final round-robin match against India six days later.

Only Sri Lanka will make a more outbound trips -- five in total – for their seven matches while Pakistan will not have to travel at all because they will play all their matches in Colombo, courtesy of the heightened geopolitical tension between India and Pakistan.

The semifinals are scheduled for October 29 and 30, before the final takes place on November 2.

The top four sides from the round-robin stage will progress to the semifinals, with first place playing fourth and second taking on third.

Bangladesh sneaked into the eight-team competition after sealing one of two qualification berths from Women's World Cup Qualifier, which was held in Pakistan in April, alongside the hosts.

Bangladesh's matches

Oct 2: Bangladesh v Pakistan -- Colombo (3:00pm)

Oct 7: England v Bangladesh -- Guwahati (3:00pm)

Oct 10: New Zealand v Bangladesh – Visakhapatnam (3:00pm)

Oct 13: South Africa v Bangladesh -- Visakhapatnam (3:00pm)

Oct 16: Australia v Bangladesh -- Visakhapatnam (3:00pm)

Oct 20: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh -- Colombo (3:00pm)

Oct 26: India v Bangladesh -- Bengaluru (3:00pm)