ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

The United Arab Emirates and Oman host the seventh ICC Twenty20 World Cup, the pulsating 20-over format of cricket. The West Indies are defending champions, after defeating England in the 2016 final

Virat Kholi 
Aiming to captain India to first T20 title since 2007


First Round
Top two in each group qualify for Super 12

Group A			Group B
Sri Lanka 		Bangladesh 
Ireland 		Scotland
Netherlands 		Papua New Guinea
Namibia			Oman

Fixtures: All dates October

18 IRE - NED Abu Dhabi	17 OMA - PNG Muscat
18 SRI - NAM Abu Dhabi	17 BAN - SCO Muscat
20 NAM - NED Abu Dhabi 	19 SCO - PNG Muscat
20 SRI - IRE Abu Dhabi	19 BAN - OMA Muscat 
22 NAM - IRE Sharjah	21 BAN - PNG Muscat
22 SRI - NED Sharjah	21 OMA - SCO Muscat
 

Super 12
Top two in each group qualify for semi-finals

Group I			Group II
England 		India
Australia 		Pakistan
South Africa 		New Zealand
West Indies 		Afghanistan
Team A1 		Team A2
Team B2			Team B1

Fixtures: October / November
   
23 AUS - RSA Abu Dhabi	24 IND - PAK Dubai
23 ENG - WIN Dubai	25 AFG - B1 Sharjah
24 A1 - B2 Sharjah	26 PAK - NZL Sharjah
26 RSA - WIN Dubai	27 B1 - A2 Abu Dhabi
27 ENG - B2 Abu Dhabi	29 PAK - AFG Dubai
28 AUS - A1 Dubai	31 AFG - A2 Abu Dhabi
29 WIN - B2 Sharjah	31 IND - NZL Dubai
30 RSA - A1 Sharjah	2 PAK - A2 Abu Dhabi
30 AUS - ENG Dubai	3 NZL - B1 Dubai
1 ENG - A1 Sharjah	3 IND - AFG Abu Dhabi
2 RSA - B2 Abu Dhabi	5 NZL - A2 Sharjah
4 AUS - B2 Dubai	5 IND - B1 Dubai
4 WIN - A1 Abu Dhabi	7 NZL - AFG Abu Dhabi
6 AUS - WIN Abu Dhabi	7 PAK - B1 Sharjah
6 ENG - RSA Sharjah	8 IND - A2 Dubai
                       
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals: Nov 10 
A I-1
II-2
Abu Dhabi
		Final: November 14
		Dubai International Stadium
Nov 11: Dubai
B I-2
II-1


Venues
Sharjah
Sharjah Stadium
Capacity: 16,100

Dubai
International Stadium
25,000

Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, 20,000

Muscat
Oman Cricket Academy Ground 
3,000

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
OMAN


Source: ICC
Pictures: Getty Images
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