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GV of the rain falling during match 58 of the Indian Premier League season 18 (IPL 2025) between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders held at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 17th May 2025.(Sportzpics)
The Women’s ODI World Cup matches initially scheduled to be hosted in the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was on Friday moved to Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, the ICC announced. This was due to Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) not getting permission from local authorities to host the matches at the venue, where 11 people lost their lives in a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru victory celebrations.
“Navi Mumbai replaces Bengaluru as one of the five venues for the eight-team tournament that commences on 30 September due to the unavailability of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will host up to five fixtures, which comprises of three league matches, a semi-final and potentially the final for the 13th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup on 2 November,” ICC said in a release.
The matches which will now be played at Navi Mumbai will be Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (Oct 20), India vs New Zealand (Oct 23) and India vs Bangladesh (Oct 26) as well as the second semifinal on October 30. In case Pakistan reach the final, it’ll be taking place in Colombo but in other cases, the summit clash will take place in Navi Mumbai.
The updated match schedule for #CWC25 is out now 🏆
All the action starts on 30 September! 🗓️
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— ICC (@ICC) August 22, 2025
The other venues for the tournament remain unchanged with the ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam) and R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo, Sri Lanka) all hosting their announced matches. One minor change will be that the opening match, which was scheduled to be at Bengaluru, has now been moved to Guwahati.
What is the ruling over Chinnaswamy
Justice John Michael Cunha, who headed the probe commission set up by the state government to investigate the Bengaluru stampede that occurred on June 4, in his report had ‘strongly’ recommended that ‘stadium authorities consider relocating events that are expected to attract large crowds to venues that are better suited for such large gatherings.’ Apart from placing its recommendation, the probe panel has also mentioned that the Chinnaswamy stadium built in 1974 and sits in the heart of Bengaluru is unsafe for mass gatherings. “The design and structure of the stadium was unsuitable and unsafe for mass gathering,” the report stated.