Overview

• India face Sri Lanka in the tournament opener at Guwahati’s Barsapara/ACA Stadium on September 30, with first ball at 3 pm IST.
• Pre-match reporting highlights India’s in-form batting led by Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, alongside pace-depth concerns even with Renuka Singh’s return.
• Team news remains unofficial, but local reports suggest Arundhati Reddy could be preferred over Sneh Rana for the opener after Reddy’s recovery from a warm‑up injury.
• The eight-team event uses a single round-robin through October 26, with the top four advancing to the semifinals and the final scheduled for November 2.
• Under the hybrid model, Pakistan play all group matches in Colombo—including the October 5 meeting with India—with Colombo in line to host up to one semifinal and the final if Pakistan qualify, and the event carries a record USD 13.88 million prize pool.