2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match time table, venue, schedule and teams

Finally! All the cricket fans have got the amazing news that they were waiting for; ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. It’s happening, and we all are going to have a very amazing experience of the T20 World Cup this year. Last year in 2020, it was canceled due to Covid-19. Again this year due to the fear of the third wave of Covid, it was postponed. But now ICC has officially announced that ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, is scheduled to go onboard from 17th, October 2021 in UAE. Really a sigh of relief for all the cricket fans.

T20 World Cup 2021 Match time table

Along with announcing the start date of T20 World Cup 2021, ICC has made it very clear that the hosting rights are still there with the BCCI. The event is going to take place in UAE and Oman. 

All the cricket lovers were eagerly waiting for these after the suspension of T20 World Cup 2020. T20 World Cup 2021 was supposed to be held in India, but due to the threat of the third wave of Covid-19, the Venue has been shifted. ICC has announced another good news that the T20 World Cup 2022 will replace the Champions trophy and will be held in Australia. It is definitely the double celebration time.

T20 World Cup 2021 is going to start from 17th October 2021 and the Finals would likely take place on 14th November, 2021. We would share all the required and necessary information about the venue, schedule and teams of T20 World Cup 2021.

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T20 World Cup Venue 

After the ICC declared that the remaining IPL 2021 matches would be held in UAE, due to the third wave of Covid-19 in India; it is quite evident that the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup’s venue has also been shifted. 

The current locations for the T20 World Cup matches are UAE and Oman. Following stadiums would be the exact venue:

• The Dubai International Stadium
• The Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi
• The Sharjah Stadium
• The Oman cricket academy ground

T20 World Cup schedule

As per the current updates from ICC, the schedule of T20 World Cup 2021 matches would as follows:-

Match No.	Date	Teams	Round	Group
1.	17.10.2021	Sri Lanka Vs Ireland	First round	Group A
2.	18.10.2021	Netherlands Vs Namibia	First round	Group A
3.	19.10.2021	Bangladesh Vs Scotland	First round	Group B
4.	19.10.2021	Papua New Guinea Vs Oman	First round	Group B
5.	20.10.2021	Ireland Vs Netherlands	First round	Group A
6.	20.10.2021	Sri Lanka Vs Namibia	First round	Group A
7.	21.10.2021	Papua New Guinea Vs Scotland	First round	Group B
8.	21.10.2021	Bangladesh Vs Oman	First round	Group B
9.	22.10.2021	Ireland Vs Namibia	First round	Group A
10.	22.10.2021	Sri Lanka Vs Netherlands	First round	Group A
11.	23.10.2021	Scotland Vs Oman	First round	Group B
12.	23.10.2021	Bangladesh Vs Papua New Guinea	First round	Group B
13.	24.10.2021	England Vs Australia	Super 12	Group 1
14.	24.10.2021	India Vs Pakistan	Super 12	Group 2
15.	25.10.2021	A1 Vs B2	Super 12	Group 1
16.	25.10.2021	South Africa Vs West Indies	Super 12	Group 1
17.	26.10.2021	Afghanistan Vs A2	Super 12	Group 2
18.	26.10.2021	New Zealand Vs B1	Super 12	Group 2
19.	27.10.2021	England Vs A1	Super 12	Group 1

 

20.	28.10.2021	Afghanistan Vs B1	Super 12	Group 2
21.	28.10.2021	Australia Vs South Africa	Super 12	Group 1
22.	29.10.2021	West Indies Vs A1	Super 12	Group 1
23.	29.10.2021	Pakistan Vs A2	Super 12	Group 2
24.	30.10.2021	India Vs New Zealand	Super 12	Group 2
25.	30.10.2021	England Vs B2	Super 12	Group 1
26.	31.10.2021	Australia Vs West Indies	Super 12	Group 1
27.	31.10.2021	West Indies Vs B2	Super 12	Group 1
28.	01.11.2021	Pakistan Vs New Zealand	Super 12	Group 2
29.	01.11.2021	India Vs Afghanistan	Super 12	Group 2
30.	02.11.2021	A2 Vs B1	Super 12	Group 2
31.	02.11.2021	Australia Vs A1	Super 12	Group 1
32.	03.11.2021	England Vs West Indies	Super 12	Group 1
33.	04.11.2021	South Africa Vs A1	Super 12	Group 1
34.	04.11.2021	Pakistan Vs Afghanistan	Super 12	Group 2
35.	05.11.2021	India Vs A2	Super 12	Group 2
36.	05.11.2021	New Zealand Vs A2	Super 12	Group 2
37.	06.11.2021	Pakistan Vs B1	Super 12	Group 1
38.	06.11.2021	England Vs South Africa	Super 12	Group 1
39.	07.11.2021	Australia Vs B2	Super 12	Group 2

 

40.	07.11.2021	South Africa Vs B2	Super 12	Group 1
41.	08.11.2021	India Vs B1	Super 12	Group 2
42.	08.11.2021	New Zealand Vs Afghanistan	Super 12	Group 2

 

Match No.	Date	Teams	Semi-final / Finals
1.	11.11.2021	TBC Vs TBC	1st Semi final
2.	12.11.2021	TBC Vs TBC	2nd Semi final
3.	14.11.2021	TBC Vs TBC	Finals

The T20 World Cup 2021 schedule has been announced by ICC but the full time table is yet to be updated. 

Teams playing

In this 2021 World Cup, we have a total 16 teams participating. These teams have been decided on the basis of World Cup 2020 qualifying matches and rankings. Here is the list of teams playing this year:-

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. England
4. Australia
5. New Zealand
6. South Africa
7. West Indies
8. Netherlands
9. Sri Lanka
10. Scotland
11. Afghanistan
12. Ireland
13. Papua New Guinea
14. Bangladesh
15. Oman
16. Namibia

Round 1:-

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

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

Super 12s:-

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

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

And we have India and Pakistan in the same group, so expect a really intense and interesting match between the duo teams. 

All the matches of Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 is going to be broadcasted by the Star network in multiple languages. For online streaming, you can use Disney Plus Hotstar, which is the official streaming partner of the T20 World Cup. For the detailed match schedules stay tuned, we will update everything here. Stay home and enjoy the World Cup that we all were waiting for so eagerly.