“These two sides [India and West Indies] are up there with the most talented and entertaining nations in women’s T20 cricket, having featured in two of the last four finals, with the West Indies lifting the trophy in 2016,” Enoch Nkwe, CSA’s director of cricket, said in a statement. “This will give the Momentum Proteas a highly competitive build-up to the ultimate prize of the T20 World Cup.”

At the World Cup, South Africa has been placed in Group A alongside favorites Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. India and West Indies are in Group B with England, Ireland, and Pakistan.

Australia has won five of the seven editions of the World Cup so far, with England and West Indies winning once each. South Africa has never reached the title round, while India got to the final for the first time in the previous edition, in 2020 in Australia, where Australia beat them by 85 runs at the MCG.