India, June 3 -- The ICC's official announcement of the ICC ODI Women's World Cup seems to include a meaningful course correction. To be hosted from September 30 to November 2, the tournament will be played across five venues in India and Sri Lanka. The choice of cities, especially the inclusion of Bengaluru, tells a deeper story about the need to strategise around women's cricket.

The five selected venues are M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam), and R Premadasa Stadium (Colombo).

Earlier reports had suggested that the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium (Mullanpur) and Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium (Raipur) were also schedule...