India Women to play a tri-series against South Africa and the West Indies ahead of the 2023 T20 World Cup

South Africa will host India and the West Indies in East London in January-February next year for a triangular T20I series in preparation for the women’s T20 World Cup 2023, which will be held in South Africa shortly after, in February. The three teams will play each other twice in the round-robin stage until the top two teams compete in the final on February 2, followed by a short break before the World Cup which begins on February 10. The World Cup will be held in Cape Town, Gqeberha, and Paarl until February 26.

“These two sides [India and West Indies] are up there with the most talented and entertaining nations in women’s T20 cricket, having featured in two of the last four finals, with the West Indies lifting the trophy in 2016. This will give the Momentum Proteas a highly competitive build-up to the ultimate prize of the T20 World Cup”, Enoch Nkwe, CSA’s director of cricket, said in a statement.

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India to also Australia at Home

South Africa is in Group A at the World Cup, alongside favourites Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. Group B includes India and the West Indies, as well as England, Ireland, and Pakistan. Australia has won five of the seven World Cups so far, with England and the West Indies each winning once. South Africa has never reached the title round, whereas India reached the final for the first time in 2020 in Australia when Australia defeated them by 85 runs at the MCG. More recently India won the Asia cup where they defeated Sri Lanka in the final. Before the tri-series in South Africa India will play a 5-match T20I series at home against Australia.