ICC T20 World Cup 2021 – Schedule, Match Date and Time, Venue

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Finally ICC has announced the details of the T20 world cup 2021. This year’s T20 world cup will be played in Dubai from 17 October to 14 November. This is the 7th edition of the biggest event of the shortest format of the game. The T20 world cup was scheduled to be played last year but was postponed due to the worldwide spread of COVID19. Later on, its was decided that BCCI will host the event in India but in the shadow of an upcoming third wave and increase in the number of Covid cases the venue for the T20 games is jointly hosted by UAE and OMAN.

Teams and Groupings

ICC has announced the venue and teams for the ICC T20 world cup 2021. The venue for the T20 world cup 2021 is Dubai & Oman. Teams are also announced by ICC in the first round of the tournament eight teams will compete to save a spot in the super 12 out of which only four teams will go through in round two of the event super 12 will play against each with one team to get the prestigious trophy of T20 2021 world cup winner.

Below are the teams and their groupings for round 1 and round 2 of the event.

The groupings:

Round 1

Group A: Sri Lanka, Ireland, the Netherlands and Namibia
Group B: Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea and Oman

Super 12s

Group 1: England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, A1 and B2.
Group 2: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan, A2 and B1.

T20 World Cup Schedule

In the middle of the ongoing pandemic situation, good news has come in the form of an announcement of ICC T20 world to be played in UAE and Oman starting from 17 October 2021 final of the tournament will take place on 14 November 2021.

The first round of the tournament will be played between the teams of group A and Group B who will compete against teams in their respective groups to get a spot in the Super 12.

In the second round, Super 12 teams are divided in Group 1 and Group 2 where they will compete to confirm their spot in the qualifiers. The winner of the qualifiers will face each other in the decider of the event to be played on 14 November 2021.

Super12 Group 1 schedule

MatchDateTime (local)Venue
AUS v SA23 Oct 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
ENG v WI23 Oct 202118:00 hrsDubai
A1 v B224 Oct 202114:00 hrsSharjah
SA v WI26 Oct 202114:00 hrsDubai
ENG v B227 Oct 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
AUS v A128 Oct 202118:00 hrsDubai
WI v B229 Oct 202114:00 hrsSharjah
SA v A130 Oct 202114:00 hrsSharjah
ENG v AUS30 Oct18:00 hrsDubai
ENG v A11 Nov 202118:00 hrsSharjah
SA v B22 Nov 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
AUS v B24 Nov 202114:00 hrsDubai
WI v A14 Nov 202118:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
AUS v WI6 Nov 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
ENG v SA6 Nov 202118:00 hrsSharjah

Super12 Group 2 schedule

MatchDateTime (local)Venue
IND v PAK24 Oct 202118:00 hrsDubai
AFG v B125 Oct 202118:00 hrsSharjah
PAK v NZ26 Oct 202118:00 hrsSharjah
B1 v A227 Oct 202118:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
AFG v PAK29 Oct 202118:00 hrsDubai
AFG v A231 Oct 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
IND v NZ31 Oct 202118:00 hrsDubai
PAK v A22 Nov 202118:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
NZ v B13 Nov 202114:00 hrsDubai
IND v AFG3 Nov 202118:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
NZ v A25 Nov 202114:00 hrsSharjah
IND v B15 Nov 202118:00 hrsDubai
NZ v AFG7 Nov 202114:00 hrsAbu Dhabi
PAK v B17 Nov 202118:00 hrsSharjah
IND v A28 Nov 202118:00 hrsDubai
Date TimeTeamsSemifinal | FinalVenue
10 Nov 2021 18:00 hrsA1 vs B21st Semi-FinalAbu Dhabi
12 Nov 2021 18:00 hrsB1 vs A22nd Semi-FinalDubai
14 Nov 2021 18:00 hrsTBC vs TBCFinalDubai

Venues

ICC has announced the venue for T20 world cup 2021 this year’s event is co-hosted by UAE and Oman. Previously it was scheduled to be hosted by BCCI in India but an increasing number of covid cases and the threat of an upcoming third wave BCCI has moved the venue to UAE and Oman concerning the safety of players and officials. We are giving you all the information about the venue chosen to host the T20 world cup 2021. There are four stadiums that are expected to host the games.
STADIUM CAPACITY
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 25,000
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah,United Arab Emirates 16,000
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 20,000
Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat, Oman 20,00 – 3,000

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