ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: Complete Details On Teams, Groups, Venues and Squads

The opening fixture of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup will be played between defending champions Australia and India at the Sydney Showground Stadium

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The seventh edition of the ICC Women's T2o World Cup will be hosted by Australia from Feb 21 to Mar 8. The tournament will feature 10 of the best T20 international teams in women's cricket locking horns with each other over a fortnight to vie for the glittering trophy and bring back laurels to their nation. The opening fixture of the showpiece event will witness defending champions Australia take on India at the Sydney Showground Stadium. Defending champions and hosts Australia have been the most successful team in the tournament history, laying hands on the trophy four times. Meanwhile West Indies and England have one title each to their name. Before the main tournament, 10 warm-up games will be played between February 15 and February 20, with every team getting two games each. Groups The ten teams have been grouped in two groups of five teams each. Defending champions Australia have been placed alongside India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Group A; England, South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan and Thailand find themselves in Group B. Format Each team will play each other in their group fixtures and the top two teams from each of the group (based on win/loss)  will progress to the knockouts (semifinals). The top ranked team from Group A will face the runner-up team from Group B, while the top-ranked team of Group B playing the second-ranked team of Group A. Title Contenders: Going by recent form and track record of the 10 teams in women's T20I cricket; Australia, England, India and New Zealand have been billed as the top contenders for this year's title. South Africa, who have shown signs of coming back to their best of late are the dark horses. Here are the complete squads for all the 10 participating teams in the tournament Australia - Erin Burns, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes (vice-capt), Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Meg Lanning (capt), Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham. Bangladesh - Ayesha Rahman, Fahima Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Jahanara Alam, Khadija Tul Kubra, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akhter, Nigar Sultana, Panna Ghosh, Ritu Moni, Rumana Ahmed (vice-capt), Salma Khatun (capt), Sanjida Islam, Shamima Sultana, Sobhana Mostary. England - Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones (wk), Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole (vice-capt), Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Danni Wyatt. India - Taniya Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav. New Zealand - Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine (capt), Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Holly Huddleston, Hayley Jensen, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin (wk), Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Rachel Priest (wk), Lea Tahuhu. Pakistan - Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha Naseem, Bismah Maroof (capt), Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Syeda Aroob Shah. South Africa - Trisha Chetty (wk), Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Dane van Niekerk (capt), Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Chloe Tryon (vice-capt), Laura Wolvaardt. Sri Lanka - Chamari Atapattu (capt), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Ama Kanchana, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Harshitha Madavi (vice-capt), Dilani Manodara, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Probodhani, Sathya Sandeepani, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Shashikala Siriwardene, Umesha Thimashini. Thailand - Nattaya Boochatham, Naruemol Chaiwai, Natthakan Chantham, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Rosenanee Kanoh, Suwanan Khiaoto, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Suleeporn Laomi, Soraya Lateh, Wongpaka Liengprasert, Phannita Maya, Ratanaporn Padunglerd, Thipatcha Puttawong, Chanida Sutthiruang, Sornnarin Tippoch (capt). West Indies - Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Shamilia Connell, Britney Cooper, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Sheneta Grimmond, Chinelle Henry, Lee Ann Kirby, Hayley Matthews, Anisa Mohammed (vice-capt), Chedean Nation, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor (capt).