The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the lowest ticket rates ever for any ICC global event, marking a historic decision to increase accessibility for the upcoming Women’s World Cup 2025. Fans from all over India and Sri Lanka may now participate in cricket’s largest women’s event at historically cheap prices, with tickets starting at INR 100 (about USD 1.14), when the pre-sale window opens on September 4.
The 13th edition of the ICC Womens Cricket world cup shall be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka and shall begin with the first match between the hosts on September 30 at Guwahati. The Women world cup will be brought back to India after 12 years absence. There will be five different venues where eight teams will compete, which are Colombo, Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, and Navi Mumbai. These teams are the Indian, Sri Lankan, Pakistan, Australian, English, New Zealand and South Africa and Bangladesh teams.
The ICC’s move to reduce ticket costs is notable when compared to the last tournament in 2022, when tickets were NZD 7 for children and NZD 17 for adults, which was approximately INR 350 (USD 4.45) and INR 850 (USD 10), respectively. With a base ticket price of INR 100 for the 2025 edition, the competition is eight times less expensive than its predecessor.
Second phase of pre-sale window to begin on September 9
On September 4 at 7 PM IST, the pre-sale period for tickets using Google Pay on Tickets.cricketworldcup.com, the official ticketing website, opened. This exclusive collaboration with Google marks the first worldwide relationship spearheaded by women at ICC. When the second phase starts on September 9 at 8 PM IST, fans who were unable to attend the pre-sale can still purchase tickets.
As compared to USD 3.5 million given out in 2022, the ICC has recently declared a massive prize money pool of USD 13.88 million, nearly four times higher. It is worth noting that legendary Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal would also sing live during the Guwahati opening ceremony. She will also play Bring it Home, the official hymn of the tournament in a spectacular performance supported by thematic visuals and on-ground activations.
