The highest governing body of cricket has noticed the growth that Bangladesh's women's team has shown over the past few years. That is why the ICC has decided to give the opportunity to Bangladesh to host the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, one of the major ICC World Cup events in the upcoming FTP. The International Cricket Council confirmed the news in a press release after the final day of their latest annual conference. Host nations for the forthcoming FTP’s ICC Women’s National Team events The ICC’s next FTP, which will last till 2027, will include four major events for the women’s national cricket team. The first major event will take place in Bangladesh in the year 2024. The BCB will organize the ninth edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup in the September-October window in 2024. Bangladesh have the experience of staging big ICC World Cup events, so the previous experience will help them to make the upcoming competition even better. The Bangladesh Cricket Board previously staged the fourth edition of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in 2014, and the winner of that event was Australia. Read BAN vs ZIM 2022: 5 Bangladeshi players who can capitalize on Zimbabwe series Apart from Bangladesh, India will host the 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup and Sri Lanka will host the Women's Champions Trophy's first edition in 2027 if they qualify for the competition. Besides, England has obtained the hosting rights for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup. One of the significant things about the ICC’s decision to pick the hosting nations for the upcoming women’s events in the next FTP cycle is that three of the four tournaments will take place in Asia. The international cricket council has realized that women’s cricket is gaining popularity in the sub-continent. They want to cash in on this growing interest among the cricket fans by staging as many big events as possible in the region. Who will host the WTC finals in the years 2023 and 2025? The newly formed ICC World Test Championship has generated a strong interest among the cricket fans. The final of the inaugural edition of the Test Championship was initially planned to be held at the iconic Lord’s cricket ground in London. However, the venue of the championship match was later moved to the Rose Bowl in Southampton because of some COVID-19 complications. New Zealand won the inaugural edition by beating India in the final by 8 wickets. Read Is the future of ODI cricket in jeopardy? The International Cricket Council has decided to organize the next two editions of the World Test Championship at Lord’s. The decision was approved at the ICC’s AGM. Both the 2023 and 2025 Test final matches are scheduled in the month of June. The South African team currently leads the points table with 71.43 percent in the 2021–2023 Test championship. Bottom Line Women's cricket in Bangladesh first gained international attention when the tigress won the 2018 Asia Cup in Malaysia by defeating India by three wickets in the final, breaking India's dominance in the competition. Since then, the Bangladesh women's team has continued to improve and recently participated in their first-ever 50-over World Cup competition. Getting the hosting rights for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup is a recognition by the ICC that Bangladesh’s women’s national team is progressing on the international stage. Besides, women’s cricket has been getting more interest from Bangladeshi fans in recent years. Bangladesh will have the chance to host more ICC World Cup events in the future if the BCB makes the most of this opportunity and organizes the competition professionally. Read BAN vs ZIM T20I Series 2022: 3 challenges for Nurul Hasan as captain