India qualify for ICC Women's World Cup 2021 after splits points for cancelled series

The International Cricket Council announced on Wednesday that India women's cricket team have qualified for the Women's Cricket World Cup 2021, slated to be held in New Zealand between February 6 and March 7 next year.

India joined the hosts, Australia, England, and South Africa as the five teams who have earned a direct qualification berth for the tournament. The competition will begin from 

India sealed the beth after the cancellation of their ODI championship match against Pakistan following no government clearance received BCCI for the series. It was slated to take place between July and



November last year and now both teams shared points for the cancelled series. 

"With respect to the India vs Pakistan series, the TC concluded that the series could not be played because of a Force Majeure event after the BCCI demonstrated that it was unable to obtain the necessary government clearances to allow India to participate in the bilateral series against Pakistan, which forms a part of the ICC Women's Championship," said the ICC in a statement.

"The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is scheduled to be played from 3-19 July in Sri Lanka, this is subject to review due to the Covid-19 pandemic.