The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was earlier known as ICC World Twenty20. It is the international championship of Twenty20 International cricket. It is organized by the cricket’s governing body the International cricket council (ICC), this tournament consists of 16 teams; however, comprising the top 10 teams from the ranking and the other 6 teams as the T20 World Cup qualifier. Check ICC Cricket T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule, Team, Venue, and Time Table.
In the year 2007, ICC World Twenty20 was the initial Twenty-20 International cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11th to 24th September 2007. All the matches are played as 20-20 international. This event is held every 2years. However, the next edition was supposed to take place in 2020 in Australia but due to COVID-19, the event was postponed to 2021. In August 2020 the ICC confirmed that India will be the host, since 4years after the conclusion of the latest edition 2016.
ICC Cricket T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule
The 2021 ICC Men’s T20 world cup was scheduled to be the seventh ICC Men’s T20 world cup tournament. It is scheduled to be played in October and November 2021in India. In April 2021, the ICC’s CEO Geoff Allardice confirmed that backup plans are still in place if India is unable to host the tournament due to Pandemic conditions.
Match No.
Date
Fixture
Round
Group
Time (IST)
1
18 October 2021
Sri Lanka vs Ireland
First Round
Group A
8:30 AM
2
18 October 2021
Papua New Guinea vs Oman
First Round
Group A
1:30 PM
3
19 October 2021
Bangladesh vs Namibia
First Round
Group B
8:30 AM
4
19 October 2021
Netherlands vs Scotland
First Round
Group B
1:30 PM
5
20 October 2021
Ireland vs Oman
First Round
Group A
8:30 AM
6
20 October 2021
Sri Lanka vs Papua New Guinea
First Round
Group A
1:30 PM
7
21 October 2021
Namibia vs Scotland
First Round
Group B
8:30 AM
8
21 October 2021
Bangladesh vs Netherlands
First Round
Group B
1:30 PM
9
22 October 2021
Papua New Guinea vs Ireland
First Round
Group A
8:30 AM
10
22 October 2021
Sri Lanka vs Oman
First Round
Group A
1:30 PM
11
23 October 2021
FriNetherlands vs Namibia
First Round
Group B
8:30 AM
12
23 October 2021
Bangladesh vs Scotland
First Round
Group B
1:30 PM
13
24 October 2021
Australia vs Pakistan
Super 12
Group 1
1:30 PM
14
24 October 2021
India vs South Africa
Super 12
Group 2
4:30 PM
15
25 October 2021
TBC vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
8:30 AM
16
25 October 2021
New Zealand vs West Indies
Super 12
Group 1
1:30 PM
17
26 October 2021
Afghanistan vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
11:30 AM
18
26 October 2021
England vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
4:30 PM
19
27 October 2021
New Zealand vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
1:30 PM
20
28 October 2021
Afghanistan vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
11:30 AM
21
28 October 2021
Australia vs West Indies
Super 12
Group 1
4:30 PM
22
29 October 2021
Pakistan vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
8:30 AM
23
29 October 2021
India vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
1:30 PM
24
30 October 2021
FriEngland vs South Africa
Super 12
Group 2
1:30 PM
25
30 October 2021
West Indies vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
4:30 PM
26
31 October 2021
New Zealand vs Pakistan
Super 12
Group 1
9:30 AM
27
31 October 2021
Australia vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
2:30 PM
28
01 November 2021
Afghanistan vs South Africa
Super 12
Group 2
9:00 AM
29
01 November 2021
India vs England
Super 12
Group 2
1:30 PM
30
02 November 2021
TBC vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
8:30 AM
31
02 November 2021
New Zealand vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
2:30 PM
32
03 November 2021
Pakistan vs West Indies
Super 12
Group 1
9:00 AM
33
04 November 2021
Australia vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
2:00 PM
34
04 November 2021
Afghanistan vs England
Super 12
Group 2
2:30 PM
35
05 November 2021
South Africa vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
9:00 AM
36
05 November 2021
India vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
2:00 PM
37
06 November 2021
FriPakistan vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
8:30 AM
38
06 November 2021
Australia vs New Zealand
Super 12
Group 1
1:30 PM
39
07 November 2021
England vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
9:00 AM
40
07 November 2021
West Indies vs TBC
Super 12
Group 1
1:30 PM
41
08 November 2021
South Africa vs TBC
Super 12
Group 2
8:30 AM
42
08 November 2021
India vs Afghanistan
Super 12
Group 2
1:30 PM
ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Team Rankings
Eight Teams including Australia, Pakistan, India, England, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, and Afghanistan have been directly qualified for the Super 12s stage. However, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have not been qualified for the 12s stage, so they will be competing in the Group Stage along with the six ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Qualifiers Teams.