The schedule is out for the next year’s World T20 campaign as inaugural winners, Team India play against arch-rivals Pakistan when the event is staged in Bangladesh from March 16 to April 6.
The schedule is out for the next year’s World T20 campaign as inaugural winners, Team India play against arch-rivals Pakistan when the event is staged in Bangladesh from March 16 to April 6. As many as 60 tournament matches (35 men’s and 25 women’s) will be played across Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet in the 22-day tournament.
As the teams’ seeding are based on the T20 International (T20I) team rankings as on October 8, 2012, the top eight sides following the conclusion of last ICC World Twenty20 will play directly in the super 10 stage and India is one such side.
Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, who made a close finish outside the top eight, will participate in the first round that will be held from 16-21 March. First round of the men’s event will include eight sides divided into two groups of four teams each, with the table-toppers progressing to the super 10 stage.
In the first round, Group A will feature host Bangladesh alongside three teams from the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers, to be staged from November 15th to 30th. Group B includes Zimbabwe joined by three other teams from the upcoming qualifiers in UAE. The two groups will be finalized on November 30.
The Super 10 stage will start with an evening match between former champions India and Pakistan in Dhaka on March 21. Defending champions West Indies will launch their title defence against India in another evening match on Sunday March 23.
Earlier on the same day, Pakistan will lock horns with Australia, looking for the only global title that has eluded them to date. If Bangladesh reach the Super 10 stage, they will play all their matches in Dhaka, facing the West Indies on March 25, India on March 28, Pakistan on March 30 and Australia on April 1.
The prize money for the men’s event will be USD 3 million, with the winner receiving USD 1.1 million and the losing finalist collecting USD 550,000.
The two groups of the men’s Super 10 stage are:
Group A – Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Group B Qualifier 1 (Q1B)
Group 2 – West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia, Group A Qualifier 1 (Q1A)
With Agencies inputs
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