ICC announced the complete schedule of T20 World Cup 2022 to be played in Australia. The tournament will run between Sunday 18 October and Sunday 13 November, with 16 teams set to compete and seven cities to host matches across Australia. Twelve of those 16 nations are already confirmed, with the final four to be determined by Global Qualifying.
England, New Zealand, Australia and Afghanistan have been drawn together in Group 1, with India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh heading into Group 2. The Super 12 will start in dramatic fashion in Sydney with a meeting between the two finalists from the 2021 World Cup, with New Zealand facing defending champions Australia on Saturday 22 October. The Super 12 will run for a fortnight, with the two groups set to reach their conclusion on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of November.
And the excitement of the opening weekend doesn’t stop there, with India and Pakistan scheduled to meet on Sunday 23 October, the second day of the Super 12 stage, in what will be one of the most hotly-anticipated matches of the tournament. Here is the Team India fixture with each of the teams:
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There will be a repeat of the 2021 semi-final between England and New Zealand when the two nations meet in an evening match at The Gabba on Tuesday 1 November in what is both teams’ penultimate group game. And Pakistan are scheduled to face Bangladesh in Adelaide on the final afternoon of the Super 12 stage. The tournament’s preliminary first round kicks off on October 16 with 2014 champions Sri Lanka taking on Namibia in Geelong. The final will be played at the MCG on November 13 with Sydney and Adelaide hosting the two semifinals respectively.
The tournament’s first round will be played in Geelong and Hobart and feature Sri Lanka and Namibia in Group A while two-time winners West Indies will be joined by Scotland in Group B. Four more qualified teams will be split across the two groups. There will be seven venues in total at the tournament. Kardinia Park in Geelong will host six matches, exclusively in the opening week’s First Round, while Bellerive Oval in Hobart will host nine games in total, six in the first round and three further matches during the opening three days of the Super 12 stage.
The remainder of the Super 12 matches will be held at the following stadiums:
The Gabba
Perth Stadium
Adelaide Oval
Sydney Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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In the first round, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Namibia and four qualifiers will be in action. Out of these eight, four will progress to the Super 12 stage where they will join the eight teams who have already qualified for the tournament proper. These eight have been divided into two groups A and B with top-two teams from each progressing ahead.
ICC CEO Geoff Allardice said, “This schedule offers so much, from the 2014 Champions Sri Lanka opening the event, to our defending champions Australia starting with a rematch of the 2021 Men’s T20 World Cup Final against New Zealand and of course India taking on Pakistan at the MCG. We know that hundreds of thousands of passionate cricket fans will turn out to support every single one of the 16 teams across all seven of our host cities which is what makes it so special for the players. You only need to cast your mind back to the brilliant ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia to know that this is going to be a wonderful event for players and fans alike.”
This edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia was originally scheduled to be played in 2020 but the tournament had to be postponed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Cricket Australia swapped hosting rights with the BCCI, the latter hosting the postponed edition in Dubai last year with Australia agreeing to host the eighth edition of the marquee tournament.
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