Men's T20 World Cup 2021 Will Be Played In Four Venues Of United Arab Emirates And Oman, ICC Announces Complete schedule

New Delhi: The seventh edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 comprises 16 teams and is being hosted by India in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. The tournament is being played at four venues – Dubai International Stadium, Oman Cricket Academy (Muscat), Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi)

Hosts India and nine other top teams in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings as of 31 December 2018 received direct entries The top eight were placed directly in the Super 12s and the next two – Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - joined six other teams coming through a Qualifier event in the group stage Two teams each from the group stage, consisting of four teams each, will join the eight direct entrants to complete the Super 12s line-up.

If Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualify from the first round, they will retain the seedings of A1 and B1 respectively for the Super 12s The top two teams from each group of the Super 12s will make the knockouts, the matchups being - A1 v B2 and B2 v A1

 

The groupings: 

Round 1

Group A: Sri Lanka, Ireland, the Netherlands and Namibia

Group B: Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea and Oman

(Top two teams from each group advance to Super 12s)

Super 12s

Group 1: England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, A1 and B2.

Group 2: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan, A2 and B1.

(Top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals)

Complete schedule:

Round 1

17 Oct: Oman v Papua New Guinea, Muscat (14h00); Bangladesh v Scotland, Muscat (18h00)

 

18 Oct: Ireland v Netherlands, Abu Dhabi (14h00); Sri Lanka v Namibia, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

19 Oct: Scotland v PNG, Muscat (14h00); Oman v Bangladesh, Muscat (18h00)

 

20 Oct: Namibia v Netherlands, Abu Dhabi (14h00); Sri Lanka v Ireland, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

21 Oct: Bangladesh v Papua New Guinea, Muscat (14h00); Oman v Scotland, Muscat (18h00)

 

22 Oct: Namibia v Ireland, Sharjah (14h00); Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Sharjah (18h00)

 

Super 12s

 

23 Oct: Australia v South Africa, Abu Dhabi (14h00); England v West Indies, Dubai (18h00)

 

24 Oct: A1 v B2, Sharjah (14h00); India v Pakistan, Dubai (18h00)

 

25 Oct: Afghanistan v B1, Sharjah (18h00)

 

26 Oct: South Africa v West Indies, Dubai (14h00); Pakistan v New Zealand, Sharjah (18h00)

 

27 Oct: England v B2, Abu Dhabi (14h00); B1 v A2, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

28 Oct: Australia v A1, Dubai (14h00)

 

29 Oct: West Indies v B2, Sharjah (14h00); Pakistan v Afghanistan, Dubai (18h00)

 

30 Oct: South Africa v A1, Sharjah (14h00); Australia v England, Dubai (18h00)

 

31 Oct: Afghanistan v A2, Abu Dhabi (14h00); India v New Zealand, Dubai (18h00)

 

1 Nov: England v A1, Sharjah (18h00)

 

2 Nov: South Africa v B2, Abu Dhabi (14h00); Pakistan v A2, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

3 Nov: New Zealand v B1, Dubai (14h00); India v Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

4 Nov: Australia v B2, Dubai (14h00); West indies v A1, Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

5 Nov: New Zealand v A2, Sharjah (14h00); India v B1, Dubai (18h00)

 

6 Nov: Australia v West Indies, Abu Dhabi (14h00); England v South Africa, Sharjah (18h00)

 

7 Nov: New Zealand v Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi (14h00): Pakistan v B1, Sharjah (18h00)

 

8 Nov: India v A2, Dubai (18h00)

 

Knock-out stage

 

10 Nov: Semi-final 1 (A1 v B2), Abu Dhabi (18h00)

 

11 Nov: Semi-final 2 (B1 v A2), Dubai (18h00)

 

14 Nov: Final, Dubai (18h00)