The Indian women's cricket team has never won the tournament before but with the men's team ending their world title drought earlier this year, Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. would also want to get the title which has eluded them with their best performance coming in the 2020 edition of the competition where they finished as the runners-up,

Hosts South Africa pressed on for a first Women's T20 World Cup title, with key batter Laura Wolvaardt passing the half-century mark early in a chase of 157. As the right-hander was about to make a final charge, she was curtailed by Megan Schutt, returning at the death to stop the batter in her tracks.

Scotland and Sri Lanka earned their spots in the tournament through the qualifying rounds, joining Australia, England, South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, and Bangladesh.