Highlights:
- The full schedule of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2022 was announced on January 21st-2022 (Friday).
- India again begins their campaign against Pakistan on October 23rd in Australia.
- The entire matches of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2022 will takes place in Australia.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2022:
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2022 is an eighth edition of Men’s T20 World Cup tournament. The Australia will be hosting the tournament, which begins on October 16th -2022 and ends on November 13th-2022. The world cup tournament has been generally held in every two years. However, the 2020 edition of the tournament was scheduled to takes place in Australia. But in July-2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament has been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the ICC also confirmed that Australia would host the rearranged tournament in 2022. Australia is the defending champions of last season-2021.
Teams and Venue Details:
Sixteen nations will participate in the tournament, which will be played in seven venues of Australia – Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. It will be the first men’s global ICC tournament held in Australia since the 2015 World Cup and it is the rescheduled tournament of 2020 that was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. The semi-finals would take place in Sydney Cricket Ground and Adelaide Oval and the final match will be take place in Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.
Teams and Venue Details:
Sixteen nations will participate in the tournament, which will be played in seven venues of Australia – Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. It will be the first men’s global ICC tournament held in Australia since the 2015 World Cup and it is the rescheduled tournament of 2020 that was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. The semi-finals would take place in Sydney Cricket Ground and Adelaide Oval and the final match will be take place in Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.
The 2022 World Cup tournament will be same Super-12 format as the previous edition-2021 held in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
India & Pakistan in Same Group:
India and Pakistan are again in the same group along with South Africa, Bangladesh and two qualifiers. They are belongs to Super-12 stage – Group-2. India will again begin their campaign against Pakistan on October 23rd-2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground-Australia.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2022 – Full Schedule:
First Round:
- Group-A : Sri Lanka, Namibia, Two Qualifiers
- Group-B : West Indies, Scotland, Two Qualifiers
Super-12 Stage:
- Group-1: Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Winners of Group-A and Runners-up of Group-B from first round.
- Group-2: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Winners of Group-B and Runners-up of Group-A from first round
Those first round matches will feature Sri Lanka, West Indies, Namibia and Scotland – who all made the Super 12 stage at last year’s event to gain automatic entry to this year’s tournament – plus four more teams that will come through a qualifying event this year.
India’s T20 World Cup-2022-Full Schedule
- October 23rd-2022 : India vs Pakistan (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne)
- October 27th-2022 : India vs Group A Runner-Up (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney)
- October 30th-2022 : India vs South Africa (Perth Stadium, Perth)
- November 02nd-2022 : India vs Bangladesh (Adelaide Oval, Adelaide)
- November 06th-2022 : India vs Group B Winner (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne)
Champions List:
The current T20 World Cup holder is Australia. The most successful team is West Indies who won the title 2 times.
- 2007 : India (Winner), Pakistan (Runners-up) – South Africa (Host)
- 2009 : Pakistan (Winner), Sri Lanka (Runners-up) – England (Host)
- 2010 : England (Winner), Australia (Runners-up) – West Indies (Host)
- 2012 : West Indies (Winner), Sri Lanka (Runners-up) – Sri Lanka (Host)
- 2014 : Sri Lanka (Winner), India (Runners-up) – Bangladesh (Host)
- 2016 : West Indies (Winner), England (Runners-up) – India (Host)
- 2021 : Australia (Winner), New Zealand (Runners-up) – UAE (Host)
