The schedule of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 was announced on Friday. Team India will lock horns with Pakistan in their first match of the tournament at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on 23 October.
The Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled to be held in Australia from October 16 to November 13 and will be played at seven venues Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart and Perth.
Matches will be played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, giving fans across the country the chance to watch the biggest global sporting event coming up in Australia in 2022.
In the first round, 2014 champions Sri Lanka and Namibia will play the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at Kardinia Park in Geelong on Sunday, 16 October. They will be joined by two qualifiers in Group A. Two-time champions West Indies would also start in the first round, joined in Group B by Scotland and two qualifiers in Hobart.
In the Super 12, hosts Australia are in Group 1 with world number one England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, as well as the winners of Group A and runners-up in Group B from the first round. Group 2 consists of India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, as well as the winners of Group B and runners-up in Group A from the first round.
Hosts and defending champions, Australia will take on New Zealand in the opening match of the Super 12 at the SCG on Saturday 22 October in a re-match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 final. The Black Caps will also face the Black Caps on November 1 at The Gabba in a re-match of their epic semi-final clash at the 2021 event.
Two of world cricket’s biggest rivals will face off at the MCG, with India taking on Pakistan on Sunday 23 October. It will be the first World Cup clash between the two countries at the MCG and before two more fierce rivals, Australia and England, meet at the venue on Friday 28 October.
The state-of-the-art Perth Stadium will host a massive Sunday double-header on Sunday 30 October, with South Africa taking on India in the evening’s match. Earlier in the day, Pakistan will take action against the runners-up from Group A.
The semi-finals will be played at the SCG and the Adelaide Oval on November 9 and 10 respectively. This will be the first time that the Adelaide Oval will host a World Cup semi-final.
The MCG will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 final, which will be played under lights on 13 November 2022.
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