T20 World Cup Schedule 2022 Match Dates, Venues, Time Table and Teams

Latest T20 World Cup Schedule 2022 updates with complete time table, live scores, news, videos, results and ball by ball commentary. The 2022 T20 World Cup is scheduled from October to November with 12 teams participating in the event.

T20 World Cup Schedule 2022 (By Date)

Last Updated: January 20 /2022: The 2022 schedule has been announced as it begins from October 16 to November 13. The mega event will be hosted by Australia at 7 venues including Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Geelong for World T20 matches.

The ICC T20 World Cup Schedule 2022 has been announced for all 45 T20 matches as the tournament is set to begin in October 2022 in the Australia. T20 World Cup Schedule begins in October until second week of November 2022. A total of 45 matches will be played during the ICC T20 World Cup that include matches in Group A & Group B stage followed by Super 12 stage matches. The tournament will include 2 Semi-finals to be played later in November followed by the T20 World Cup final on Sunday in November 2022 in Australia. ICC has finalized seven venues for T20 World Cup schedule in Australia including Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Geelong.

The schedule is divided into 2 parts i.e “First Round” for Group A & Group B matches and Super 12 for the final teams. See below the complete T20 World Cup 2022 schedule for each team this year. Each team plays the other team at least once in the Group and Super 12 stages. The final schedule now has been finalized by ICC with info on all venues, dates and match timings as given below. Use the search below to filter matches by venues, teams or timings. T20 World Cup Schedule 2022 times are given in GMT, EST, IST (India local time) and PKT (Pakistan standard time) for your convenience.

First Round Schedule

Oct 16, Sun	Sri Lanka vs Namibia – 1st T20 | Group A	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 16, Sun	Q2 vs Q3 – 2nd T20 | Group A	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 17, Mon	West Indies vs Scotland – 3rd T20 | Group B	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Oct 17, Mon	Q1 vs Q4 – 4th T20 | Group B	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Oct 18, Tue	Namibia vs Q3 – 5th T20 | Group A	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 18, Tue	Sri Lanka vs Q2 – 6th T20 | Group A	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 19, Wed	Scotland vs Q4 – 7th T20 | Group B	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Oct 19, Wed	West Indies vs Q1 – 8th T20 | Group B	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Oct 20, Thu	Sri Lanka vs Q3 – 9th T20 | Group A	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 20, Thu	Namibia vs Q2 – 10th T20 | Group A	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Oct 21, Fri	West Indies vs Q4 – 11th T20 | Group B	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Oct 21, Fri	Scotland vs Q1 – 12th T20 | Group B	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart

T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Round Schedule

Oct 22, Sat	Australia vs New Zealand – 13th T20 | Group 1	12:30pm IST / 12pm PKT / 3am EST / 7am GMT / 6pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Oct 22, Sat	England vs Afghanistan – 14th T20 | Group 1	4:30pm IST / 4pm PKT / 7am EST / 11am GMT / 7pm Local Perth Stadium
Oct 23, Sun	Group A1 vs Group B1 – 15th T20 | Group 1	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Bellerive Oval – Hobart
Oct 23, Sun	India vs Pakistan – 16th T20 | Group 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Oct 24, Mon	Bangladesh vs Group A2 – 17th T20 | Group 2	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Bellerive Oval – Hobart
Oct 24, Mon	South Africa vs Group B1 – 18th T20 | Group 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Bellerive Oval – Hobart
Oct 25, Tue	Australia vs Group A1 – 19th T20 | Group 1	4:30pm IST / 4pm PKT / 7am EST / 11am GMT / 7pm Local Perth Stadium
Oct 26, Wed	England vs Group B2 – 20th T20 | Group 1	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Oct 26, Wed	New Zealand vs Afghanistan – 21st T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Oct 27, Thu	South Africa vs Bangladesh – 22nd T20 | Group 2	8:30am IST / 8am PKT / 11pm EST (-1) / 3am GMT / 2pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Oct 27, Thu	India vs Group A2 – 23rd T20 | Group 2	12:30pm IST / 12pm PKT / 3am EST / 7am GMT / 6pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Oct 27, Thu	Pakistan vs Group B1 – 24th T20 | Group 2	4:30pm IST / 4pm PKT / 7am EST / 11am GMT / 7pm Local Perth Stadium
Oct 28, Fri	Afghanistan vs Group B2 – 25th T20 | Group 1	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 3pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Oct 28, Fri	England vs Australia – 26th T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Oct 29, Sat	New Zealand vs Group A1 – 27th T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Oct 30, Sun	Bangladesh vs Group B1 – 28th T20 | Group 2	8:30am IST / 8am PKT / 11pm EST (-1) / 3am GMT / 1pm Local The Gabba – Brisbane
Oct 30, Sun	Pakistan vs Group A2 – 29th T20 | Group 2	12:30pm IST / 12pm PKT / 3am EST / 7am GMT / 3pm Local Perth Stadium
Oct 30, Sun	India vs South Africa – 30th T20 | Group 2	4:30pm IST / 4pm PKT / 7am EST / 11am GMT / 7pm Local Perth Stadium
Oct 31, Mon	Australia vs Group B2 – 31st T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 6pm Local The Gabba – Brisbane
Nov 1, Tue	Afghanistan vs Group A1 – 32nd T20 | Group 1	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 2pm Local The Gabba – Brisbane
Nov 1, Tue	England vs New Zealand – 33rd T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 6pm Local The Gabba – Brisbane
Nov 2, Wed	Group B1 vs Group A2 – 34th T20 | Group 2	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 2:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 2, Wed	India vs Bangladesh – 35th T20 | Group 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 6:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 3, Thu	Pakistan vs South Africa – 36th T20 | Group 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Nov 4, Fri	New Zealand vs Group B2 – 37th T20 | Group 1	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 2:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 4, Fri	Australia vs Afghanistan – 38th T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 6:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 5, Sat	England vs Group A1 – 39th T20 | Group 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 4am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Nov 6, Sun	South Africa vs Group A2 – 40th T20 | Group 2	5:30am IST / 5am PKT / 8pm EST (-1) / 12am GMT / 10:30am Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 6, Sun	Pakistan vs Bangladesh – 41st T20 | Group 2	9:30am IST / 9am PKT / 12am EST / 4am GMT / 2:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 6, Sun	India vs Group B1 – 42nd T20 | Group 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 3am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground
Nov 9, Wed	TBC vs TBC Semi-Final 1	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 3am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground
Nov 10, Thu	TBC vs TBC Semi-Final 2	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 3am EST / 8am GMT / 6:30pm Local Adelaide Oval
Nov 13, Sun	TBC vs TBC FINAL	1:30pm IST / 1pm PKT / 3am EST / 8am GMT / 7pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground

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Players / Squad for T20 World Cup (All Teams) Full List

Afghanistan

Squad: Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmed

Reserves: Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmed Malik

Australia

Squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (vc), Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

Bangladesh

Squad: Mahmud Ullah (Captain), Naim Sheikh, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Kumer Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Shamim Hossain

Reserves: Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam Biplob

England

Squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

Reserves: Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince

India

Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami

Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur; Mentor: MS Dhoni  

Ireland

Squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Graham Kennedy, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Namibia

Squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephen Baard, Karl Birkenstock. Michau du Preez, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Nicol Lofie-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, David Wiese, Craig Williams, Picky Ya France

Reserves: Mauritius Ngupita

Netherlands

Squad: Pieter Seelaar (c), Colin Ackermann, Philippe Boissevain, Ben Cooper, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards, Brandon Glover, Fred Klaassen, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren

New Zealand

Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee

Reserves: Adam Milne

Oman

Squad: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Khan

Pakistan

Squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Azam Khan, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood

Papua New Guinea

Squad: Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Nosaina Pokana, Kipling Doriga, Tony Ura, Hiri Hiri, Gaudi Toka, Sese Bau, Damien Ravu, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Simon Atai, Jason Kila, Chad Soper, Jack Gardner

Scotland

Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington (vc), Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace (wk), Mark Watt, Brad Wheal

South Africa

Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, W Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen

Reserves: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams

Sri Lanka

Squad: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrema, Lahiru Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana.

Reserves: Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Pulina Tharanga.

West Indies

Squad: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice Captain), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jr

Reserves: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 – Australia

The much-awaited ICC T20 World Cup is to be held in Australia from October 2022. The ICC has already confirmed final venues to be in Australia this year that include matches at Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Geelong Stadium.

Before the pandemic, Australia was scheduled to host the ICC T20 World-Cup 2021 but by mutual agreement, Australia and India had swapped the hosting rights. Therefore Australia will host the WT20 in 2022, while India will be hosting this year (in UAE). India, last time had hosted the T20 World Cup in 2016. It will be for the first that India will host back-to-back ICC T20 World Cups.

A T20 World Cup tournament is always a celebration for cricket fans all over the world. T20 is such an unpredictable format that it allows even undergoes to win matches and titles.

This T20 World Cup will financially benefit all the teams as teams can compensate for the loss during the pandemic time. Three ICC events are line-up for three consecutive years hence the players must be ready for a jampacked calendar of cricket coming up.

T20 World Cup 2022 Venues

ICC has finalized venues for T20 World Cup 2022 including Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Geelong in Australia. Event’s 45 matches will be played at these 7 venues this year. The final schedule for the main ICC mega event is due to be announced shortly.

7 Cities/Stadiums to host the WT20 matches are as following:

1. Melbourne
2. Hobart
3. Perth
4. Brisbane
5. Adelaide
6. Sydney
7. Geelong

Teams Participating in the World T20 Event

A total of 16 teams will compete in this year’s edition of World T20. 10 teams are the permanent teams with T20I status by ICC as these teams have played the previous edition of WT20.

There are six new teams that had made up to the WT20 by winning the qualification round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 which was hosted in UAE.  

Here is the list of teams participating in the WT20.

1. India (host)
2. England
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. Pakistan
6. South Africa
7. West Indies
8. Afghanistan
9. Sri Lanka
10. Bangladesh

Teams that have qualified for the WT20 via ICC men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier:

1. Netherlands
2. Papua New Guinea
3. Ireland
4. Namibia
5. Scotland
6. Oman

T20 World Cup 2022 Format & Groups

The full schedule and the group division haven’t been announced officially, but it is expected to go based on the schedule which was earlier planned for WT20 – 2020. 

Firstly the bottom eight teams including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be split up into two groups (group A and group B).

Group A consists of Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, and Oman

Group B consists of Bangladesh, Netherlands, Namibia, and Scotland.

Each team will play 3 matches against the teams of their own group. The top-2 teams from each group (A and B) will head to the super-12 leg (which has the top 8 teams).

The super-12 will also be divided into two groups (Group 1 and Group 2)

The winner of group A (A1) and runner-up of group B (B1) will join group 1 of the super-12 which consists of other teams namely Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and West Indies.

The winner of group B (B1) and runner-up of group A (A2) will join group 2 of the super-12 containing India, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa.

T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Table

Group 1	Group 2
Australia	India
New Zealand	Pakistan
England	Bangladesh
Afghanistan	South Africa
A1	B1
B2	A2

Finally, the top 2 teams from each group (group 1 and 2) will play knock-out matches (semi-final and then final)

Note: The groups and schedule could change as it hasn’t been announced officially

T20 World Cup Team Records

The West Indies who are the defending champions have won the most number of ICC T20 World Cup tiles. They have won two titles in 2016 and 2012. India had won the inaugural edition of WT20 in 2007.

WT20 Champions (year-wise)

1. West Indies (2016)
2. Sri Lanka (2014)
3. West Indies (2012)
4. England (2010)
5. Pakistan (2009)
6. India (2007)

Teams with most wins:

Sri Lanka has won the most number of matches in ICC WT20 history, followed by Pakistan and India.

Top-10 teams (victory-wise)

1. Sri Lanka (22)
2. India (20)
3. Pakistan (19)
4. South Africa (18)
5. West Indies (17)
6. Australia (16)
7. England (15)
8. New Zealand (15)
9. Afghanistan (5)
10. Bangladesh (5)

Top-5 teams with most defeats

1. Bangladesh (19)
2. England (16)
3. Pakistan (14)
4. Australia (13)
5. New Zealand (13)

Player Records in T20 World Cup

Who are the top-10 Run getters of ICC T20 World Cups?

1. Mahela Jayawardene [SL] – 1016 runs at an average of 39.07
2. Chris Gayle [WI] – 920 runs at an average of 40
3. Tillakaratne Dilshan [SL] – 897 runs at an average of 39.93
4. Virat Kohli [IND] – 777 runs at an average of 86.33
5. AB De Villiers [SA] –  717 runs at an average of 29.87
6. Rohit Sharma [IND] – 673 runs at an average of 39.58
7. Kumar Sangakkara [SL] – 661 runs at an average of 25.42
8. Brendon McCullum [NZ] – 637 runs at an average of 28.95
9.  Yuvraj Singh [IND]  – 593 runs at an average of 23.72
10. Kevin Pietersen [ENG] – 580 runs at an average of 44.61

Who are the top-10 wicket-takers of ICC WT20?

1. Shahid Afridi [PAK] – 39 wickets
2. Lasith Malinga [SL] -38 wickets
3. Saeed Ajmal [PAK] – 36 wickets
4. Mendis [SL] – 35 Wickets
5. Umar Gul [PAK] – 35 wickets
6. Shakib Al Hasan [BAN] – 30 wickets
7. Dale Steyn [SA] – 30 wickets
8. Stuart Broad [ENG] – 30 wickets
9. DJ Bravo [WI] – 25 wickets
10. Samuel Badree [WI] – 24 wickets

Which players have taken the most catches in ICC WT20’s?

2. AB De Villiers [SA] – 23 catches
3. Martin Guptill [NZ] – 15 catches
4. David Warner [AUS] – 15 catches
5. DJ Bravo [WI] – 15 catches
6. Ross Taylor [NZ] (14 catches)
7. Nathan McCullum [NZ] – 13 catches
8. Darren Sammy [WI] -13 catches
9. Mahela Jayawardene [SL] -13 catches
10. Mike Hussey [AUS] – 12 catches
11. Rohit Sharma [IND] – 12 catches

Most Sixes

1. Chirs Gayle [WI] –  60 sixes
2. Yuvraj Singh [IND] – 33 Sixes
3. Shane Watson [AUS] – 31 sixes
4. AB De Villers [SA] – 30 sixes
5. Mahela Jayawardene [SL]  – 25 sixes
6. DJ Bravo [WI] – 24 sixes
7. Rohit Sharma [IND] – 24 sixes
8. JP Duminy [SA] – 23 sixes
9. Ross Taylor [NZ]  -23 sixes
10. Marlon Samuels [WI] – 21 sixes

Contest to Watch out for in 2022 T20 World Cup

India vs Pakistan

India and Pakistan are two neighboring countries where the passion for cricket is always at its peak. These two nations have a rich history of rivalry as games go down the wire till the last over.T20 World Cup 2022 Live ScoreLIVE IND vs PAK Live Score

Over the years, there have been intensive political issues between these two countries, therefore for the past 8 years, no bilateral cricket was played between these two nations.

India-Pakistan matches always generate higher revenues and viewership. Hence, ICC always schedules India and Pakistan in each and every ICC event.

Surprisingly, this year India and Pakistan don’t meet (schedule could change) in any of the league stage matches as there are not in the same group. However, there are  chances of them facing the knock-outs (semi-final or final).

Pakistan has never won a match against India in ICC events. India and Pakistan have played 4 matches in ICC T20 World Cup, out of which all 4 matches have been won by India.

The last time when these two teams played in WT20 was in 2016 at Eden Gardens. Pakistan batting first only managed to put a below-par score of 118 runs on a pacer-friendly track. India’s run-chase of a low total didn’t start off well as the top order collapsed at 23 for 3. Then Virat Kohli walked to the crease and he started negotiating the Pakistani bowlers in the power-play. After becoming set in the middle, he started playing his shorts. He eventually remained unbeaten at 55 runs to ensure that his team reaches the target well within the 20 overs.

Key Battle: The key battle to watch out for is between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam. Both these are main heroes and spearheads for the batting lineup of their respective teams. Although Virat has got other player’s support with the likes of  Rohit and Rahul. Babar is kind of a lone-warrior for his side. However, the Pakistani fans expect other players’ contributions as well.

India vs England

India and England are set to knock horns in the World Cup group stage match as they are in the same group. These two teams have met thrice in WT20’s from which India has the upper hand by winning 2 out 3.

On 19th September 2007 in a World Cup league stage match between India and England, the left-handed batter of India -Yuvraj Singh smashed 6 sixes in 6 continuous deliveries off Stuart Broad’s over, thus becoming the first batsman to score 6 sixes in an over in a T20 international game. India eventually won the game by 18 runs after posting a mammoth total of 218 courtesy of Yuvraj’s quick-fire 58 of just 16 balls.

The last time when these two teams met in an ICC T20 World Cup was in 2012 where England was bundled out for just 80 runs on a run- chase of 170 runs. The England batters were not able to pick the doosra of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, thus losing their wicket by getting either bowled or lbw.

Key Battle: One key battle to watch out for is between Rohit Sharma and Jofra Archer. Rohit Sharma tends to get beaten by the quick pace at the start of the innings, hence Jofra Archer is the kind of lethal bowler who can give a tough time to the opening batter.

England Vs Australia

The England-Australia contest will be a famous one as two arch-rivals who met at the Ashes will be face-to-face in this world cup. Although they are not in the same group (as of now) but are expected to meet in the knock-outs.

The last time when these two teams met at ICC knockouts was in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final. England had won that match and eventually went on to win the world cup 2019. Australia will look to seek revenge and try to beat England this time around.

England had won their first ICC title (ICC T20 World Cup) against Australia in 2010.  They convincingly chased a modest total of 147 runs with 3 overs left in the match. England under the captaincy of Paul Collingwood won their maiden ICC title.

Key Battle to Watch out for – The world cricket fans will be eager to see the battle of Steve Smith and Jofra Archer. In Ashes, Jofra Archer had troubled Smith a lot as he bowled a lot of bouncers of speed 145+.  Steve Smith got a nasty blow on the head of Archer’s delivery as he (Smith) was seen lying on the ground for more than 1 minute.

Smith went to the dressing room (retired hurt) but came back again and started taking on Archer’s speedy bouncer as he scored boundaries of pull-shorts. He eventually ended up scoring 90 odd runs in a low-scoring match.

Preparations of teams before the World Cup 2021 event

With less than 7 months left for the WT20, the teams to start preparing their team combinations, probable 11, etc. The strategies and game-plans are being made by various teams. Before the start of the world cup event, there are still a few bilateral series from which all teams will try and experiment with their new young players before finalizing their squad for the WT20.

England and India are favorites to win this tournament. Let’s find out the preparations of these top teams.

India

India being the host are one of the strongest teams for the upcoming WT20. India has three main match-winners in the team – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah. These three players are the pillars of the team around which all other players revolve. 

With the comeback of Rishab Pant in the squad in the upcoming T20I series against England, the team has three impactful players (the other two are Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja) who on their given day can change the course of the game.

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are two consistent and reliable players whose experience will come in handy at knock-outs.

Along with these regulars, the Indian team is looking to invest in the newcomers – Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Rahul Tewatia. These players have rewarded with a national call for the 5-match T20I series against England after the consistent performance in domestic cricket as well as the IPL.

India has 15 matches (approx) before the start of WT20. Hence India will have enough match practice to settle their probable 15 squad members.

India Probable 20 for WT20: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Rishab Pant, Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, YuzI Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, T Natarajan

England

England’s T20 team currently is the strongest team in world cricket although they are not ranked higher in the ICC T20 rankings. For the 2019 world-cup, England had started their preparation in 2015 itself. They completely changed the style of ODI cricket by scoring 350+ runs regularly in most of ODI matches.

In T20 too, England is well prepared as they have most of their bases covered in the T20 line-up. Credit goes to Eoin Morgan for building a strong unit and giving chances to new players way before the start of the World Cup year. The batting of England is so long that skipper Eoin Morgan pushes himself down the order. 

Dawid Malan who is currently the no of T20 batsmen is in form of his life. He has been a vital player for England’s success in T20I’s recently. England has match-winners like Buttler, Stokes, Roy, and Bairstow who can change the momentum of the match on their given day.

Their bowling also looks decent with Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, and Adil Rashid. Although there not many big names in the bowling department, T20 is a format that does not go on big named bowlers.

England has 13 matches before the start of WT20. England will look to experiment on 2 or 3 spots. Not massive changes will be seen by the team as they will carry the probable 20 players in most of the matches.

England is in search of a third spinner as they will need a back-up option for Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali especially when the world cup is in India.

Although, ECB (England cricket board) has adopted a rotation policy in the pandemic period but England team will rotate their players lesser in the T20 format in comparison to other formats.

England’s Probable 20 for WT20: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, David Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Eoin Morgan, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Liam Dawson,  Alex Hales, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Saqib Mahamood

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